A dramatic and emotional story about one girl’s determination to stand by her beloved animals – and her refusal to give up, even in the face of impossible odds.When a devastating earthquake hits Evie’s hometown of Parnassus on New Zealand’s South Island, she and the rest of the town are forced to evacuate. Evie’s injured mum is one of the first to be rescued by helicopter and Evie will be next. But when realises that she will be forced to leave her beloved pony, Gus, her dog, Jock, and her cat Moxy behind, she is determined to find another way. Before the rescue helicopter returns, Evie flees with Gus, Jock and Moxy in a race against time across difficult terrain to reach the port of Kaikoura, where she has heard that people will be evacuated by ship in three days’ time. Surely there will be space for her, Gus, Jock and Moxy there?But the journey is harder than Evie could ever have imagined, and with aftershocks constantly shaking, Evie will have to draw on all her bravery, strength, and resilience to bring her and her animals to safety . . . and hope that they reach the boat in time.
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Stacy Gregg. The Thunderbolt Pony
CHAPTER 1. The Bringer
CHAPTER 2. One Year Ago – How I First Became a Thunder God
CHAPTER 3. The Minotaur
CHAPTER 4. The Sacrifices
CHAPTER 5. Pegasus and Athena
CHAPTER 6. Seven-Point-Eight
CHAPTER 7. Moxy and the River Styx
CHAPTER 8. Trapped
CHAPTER 9. The Odyssey
CHAPTER 10. Helen of the Hundalees
CHAPTER 11. The Riddle of the Sphinx
CHAPTER 12. Creatures of Poseidon
CHAPTER 13. The Gates to Tartarus
CHAPTER 14. Six Legs at Dusk
CHAPTER 15. Pegasus, Son of the Sea God
CHAPTER 16. Coming Home
Epilogue –
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My heartfelt thanks to clinical psychologist Hilary Mack for his support and advice, and to Suzanne Winterflood, who kept my feet on the ground in this year of earthquakes.
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I pick up my backpack and undo the side pocket. Then I do up the zip and then I unzip it again. Unzip-zip-unzip and already I feel a lot better. My heart isn’t pounding so hard in my chest any more, but my hands are still shaking as I take the contents out of the pocket and lay them in front of me in the torchlight. There are four items: a gold pen that writes with blue ink, an old takeaway container, a pair of glasses and a pocket notebook.
Somewhere out there in the dark, Gus is lost and I need to find him. But I can’t go yet. I want desperately to go and search for my pony, but the rituals override logic and compel me to continue.
