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National Velvet
Enid Bagnold
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Description for National Velvet
Paperback. Velvet is mad about horses. When she wins a piebald horse in a raffle, she knows he's something special. His heart is as big as the five-foot fences he jumps, and he'll do anything for Velvet. Soon, she and her friend Mi have their sights set on the biggest race in England. But can a girl win the Grand National? Series: Egmont Modern Classics. Num Pages: 352 pages. BIC Classification: YFA; YFC; YFP. Category: (J) Children / Juvenile. Dimension: 198 x 129. .
The most famous and loved racing story of all time. National Velvet is a classic tale of dreams, ambition and one girl's belief in a horse. `Velvet'll sit on a horse like a shadow and breathe her soul into it . . . I never seen such a creature on a horse.' Fourteen year old Velvet is mad about horses. When she wins a piebald horse in a raffle, she knows he's something special. His heart is as big as the five-foot fences he jumps, and he'll do anything for ... Read more
The most famous and loved racing story of all time. National Velvet is a classic tale of dreams, ambition and one girl's belief in a horse. `Velvet'll sit on a horse like a shadow and breathe her soul into it . . . I never seen such a creature on a horse.' Fourteen year old Velvet is mad about horses. When she wins a piebald horse in a raffle, she knows he's something special. His heart is as big as the five-foot fences he jumps, and he'll do anything for ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Egmont UK Ltd
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Series
Egmont Modern Classics
Condition
New
Number of Pages
352
Place of Publication
London, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781405287500
SKU
V9781405287500
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About Enid Bagnold
Enid Bagnold was born in 1889 and was mostly brought up in Jamaica. She was a nurse and a driver in France during the First World War. Enid Bagnold wrote poems, novels and plays, the most famous of which is The Chalk Garden. National Velvet is her most well-known novel, and remains much-loved to this day.
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