the black brumby and the cattledog become friends and both want to escape the men who hunt them ... Socks, the black brumby with four white legs, is a loner until one day he hears the bronze cuckoo whistle and the cattle dog follows him into the bush. they become great friends, the dog Lightning, whose master has died, and the horse. the bronze cuckoo keeps an eye on them when parties of men with whips and dogs come into the area to capture the brumby herds and take them to the sales. A female dingo joins Socks and Lightning and soon there are pups to take care of as well. Although not many men go deep into the Snowy Mountains, the bushwalkers carry strange tales of a black brumby and a family of dogs and dingoes ... the stockmen are always curious about these tales, especially when the brumby and the dog keep eluding them. the confrontation is fierce when it comes and the animals escape ?ut for how long? Ages 10+

 

This book is part of a book series called Silver Brumby .

This book has been graded for interest at 7+ years.

There are 136 pages in this book. This book was published 2013 by HarperCollins Publishers (Australia) Pty Ltd .

Elyne Mitchell (1913-2002) began writing for her children. Although the Silver Brumby books are her most famous, she wrote several others, mainly about horses. Passionate about the dramatic landscapes of the Australian Alps, her books convey the beauty and savagery of that area with a remarkable lyricism.