Flicka by Breyer #1269

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Mary O'Hara's beloved novel My Friend Flicka has inspired a new movie with a modern twist. The film takes us to aworking Wyoming ranch owned by Rob and Nell McLaughlin and their two children, Howard and Katy. Cities are expanding and the ranch has fallen on hard times. Rob has resisted the developers who want to buy his land for as long as he can, and is near giving up. But the west is in Katy's blood, and she still believes their home can be saved. She defies her parents' desire for her to go to private school and then college in favor of saving a Mustang filly she finds in the wild mountains. Flicka, whose name means "pretty young girl," gives Katy her chance to prove that the ranch is w she belongs and that the loco mustangs are worth saving as more than just rodeo broncos. Katy's struggle to prove herself and her horse pits the pair against wild animals, a rodeo contest, and her father's iron will. My Friend Flicka takes us on a Wild West ride with a girl and her horse. Katy and Flicka both find a chance to prove themselves to the world as a team - and may even have an opportunity to save the McLaughlin ranch from being turned into a housing development. Mary O'Hara (1887-1981) inspired the dreams of thousands with her first book, My Friend Flicka , first published in the 1940s. After some time in Hollywood as a screenwriter, read more