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Purple House Press (2015), Paperback, 254 pages
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"As he watches his homeland of Hungary being taken over by Nazi Germany, young Prince Michael of Chestry strives to retain his identity and integrity during WWII"--
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LibraryThing member nancyo
This is my all time, number one, favorite story. It is about a boy in Hungary during WWII, who loves and loses a horse. The boy ends up on a farm in the US, and makes a new life there. And then..
LibraryThing member elliemaejune
One of my favorite books.
I first read it because it had a horse on the cover; and indeed, although the horse does have a part, the Chestry Oak is not about the horse.
The Chestry Oak is a model of honesty, intregity, honor, unselfish love, self sacrifice.
I cry from start to finish, in every chapter,
I have read other Kate Seredy books, but none compare to the Chestry Oak.
I first read it because it had a horse on the cover; and indeed, although the horse does have a part, the Chestry Oak is not about the horse.
The Chestry Oak is a model of honesty, intregity, honor, unselfish love, self sacrifice.
I cry from start to finish, in every chapter,
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when I read it. I read it aloud once to each of my daughters, and I cried all the way through it. (They didn't cry until the end, however!).I have read other Kate Seredy books, but none compare to the Chestry Oak.
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254 p.
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1930900813 / 9781930900813