If Wishes Were Horses

by Anne McCaffrey

Overview

Young Tizra and her twin brother Tracell find their world abruptly changed when their father is unexpectedly called to fight in a war which promises to last much longer than the usual three-day skirmish. Their mother -- the village healer -- enlists her children to assist her in caring for the many refugees left wounded and homeless by the conflict. Inspired by her mother, Tizra learns never to surrender hope even in a time of fear and uncertainty.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781479437078
Publisher:	Wildside Press
Publication date:	02/22/2018
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
Pages:	71
Sales rank:	306,941
File size:	229 KB

About the Author

Anne Inez McCaffrey (1926-2011) was an American-born Irish writer best known for the Dragonriders of Pern science fiction series. She was the first woman to win a Hugo Award for fiction (for the novella Weyr Search) and the first to win a Nebula Award (for the novella Dragonrider). Her novel The White Dragon became one of the first science fiction books to appear on The New York Times bestseller list. She is also the author of the Acorna Universe series, which is a set of ten novels.

Editorial Reviews

A village healer bestows two valuable gifts on her children. Copyright 2006 Reed Business Information.

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