The red pony

"This cycle of coming-of-age stories tells of a spirited adolescent boy whose encounters with birth and death teach him about loss and profound emptiness, instead of giving him the more conventional hero's pragmatic 'maturity.'"
"Hardened by years on a California ranch, young Jody Tiflin is ready to assume more adult responsibilities. His father gives him a pony--under strict instructions to manage the animal's care. But Jody soon learns that the first steps toward maturity can lead directly down the cruel path of fate."@en
"Tells story of a young boy and his life on his father's ranch. Ownership of a red pony teaches ten-year-old Jody about life and death."
"Abridgment of the novel, read by Eli Wallach."
"Tells the story of a young boy and life on his father's ranch."@en
"Recites passages from the novel of a boy growing up and pushing out against stresses of parents and demands of life."
"The devastating story of a boy and his horse."@en
""The beautiful, spirited red pony is everything Jody ever dreamed of ... Raised on a ranch in northern California, Jody is well-schooled in the hard work and demands of a rancher's life. He is used to the way of horses, too; but nothing has prepared him for the special connection he will forge with Gabilan, the hot-tempered pony his father gives him ..."--Container."@en