Fly-by-Night (Peyton novel)

Fly-by-Night is a children's novel by K. M. Peyton originally published by Oxford University Press in October 1968.

Fly-by-Night

First edition
Author	K. M. Peyton
Illustrator	K. M. Peyton
Language	English
Genre	Children's literature
Publisher	Oxford University Press
Publication date	October 1968
Publication place	England
Media type	Print
Pages	163
ISBN	0192712950
OCLC	29611

It is about an 11-year-old girl, Ruth Hollis, who buys a pony called Fly for £40 from a dealer. The low price reflects his lack of training. She expands his name to Fly-by-Night and attempts to train him herself without much success. She then joins a pony club to learn more about horses. A rivalry develops between Ruth and another girl, Pearl, who owns a pedigree Arabian mare named Milky Way. Ruth gets help from Peter, a runaway boy with much experience with horses. Ruth and Fly-by-Night compete in the hunter trials and come in sixth.

Fidra Books is currently publishing Fly-By-Night, with the sequel, The Team, expected in the future.

References

• Peyton, K. M. (October 1968). Fly-by-Night (1st (hardback) ed.). Oxford: Oxford University Press. ISBN 978-0-19-271295-0.

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