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Fourteen-year-old Joey spends his childhood visiting a beautiful back-country pond in Virginia. His humorous and heart-warming adventures in and around the pond, with the faithful dog Charley at his side, broaden his understanding of his place in the world and awaken in him a protective instinct towards all nature. In an era of climate-change debate and animal rights movements, The Pond delivers an important message to readers of all ages, at the same time never failing to delight.
Fourteen-year-old Joey spends his childhood visiting a beautiful back-country pond in Virginia. His humorous and heart-warming adventures in and around the pond, with the faithful dog Charley at his side, broaden his understanding of his place in the world and awaken in him a protective instinct ...
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Mark Knobloch
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August 7, 2023
This book is a needed read in a complicated world.
About the author
Robert Murphy is the author of The Peregrine Falcon and The Stream, in addition to The Pond, for which he won the Dutton Animal Book Award. He was also a regular contributor to the Saturday Evening Post. He died in 1971.
Robert Murphy is the author of The Peregrine Falcon and The Stream, in addition to The Pond, for which he won the Dutton Animal Book Award. He was also a regular contributor to the Saturday Evening Post. He died in 1971.
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