Sea Star: Orphan of Chincoteague

by Marguerite Henry

Book Overview

An orphaned Chincoteague colt restores happiness to his new owners in this beloved horse story from Newbery Award-winning author Marguerite Henry.

Movie men have come to Chincoteague to film the annual Pony Penning, and Paul and Maureen are thrilled--until they learn that the producers want to buy their beloved Misty. Reluctantly, they agree to sell in order to send their uncle to college. But how will they ever fill the lonely place...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1416927840
• ISBN13: 9781416927846
• Release Date: May 2007
• Publisher: Aladdin Paperbacks
• Length: 176 Pages
• Weight: 0.33 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 5.2" x 7.7"
• Age Range: 8 to 12 years
• Grade Range: Grades 3 to 7

Customer Reviews

Sea Star's Awesome review

Do you want to read a book about horses, children, grandparents, and that puts you in suspence? Then Sea Star by Marguerite Henry is the perfect book for you. First, it is a very exiting book Paul and Maureen find an orphan colt in the ocean and the mother has died also, a mare gets her ankle cut on an oyster shell! Does the mare survive? Does the orphan colt find a mother? Read the book to find out. Second, it teaches you important lessons. Paul and Maureen get taught compassion and consideration when they have to give up there time and food to the colt and the colt refuses the food! I would reccomend this book to anyone who likes horses and being in suspence.

One of Henry's best ever!

Marguerite Henry is one of the best animal story authors I have ever read. She has a smooth, flowing style of writing. Her books are generally true to history and often based on real stories. They are easy to read but still suitable for both adults and children. In this book she really appeals to all animal lovers, male, female, young and old. It's refreshing to read a horse book that is not just another 'girlie' horse novel. This story is SO much more then that! Henry's stories will be classics for a long time. In this story (it's the sequel to her book 'Misty') brother and sister Paul and Maureen sell their favorite pony Misty and though they are sad, they know it's for a good cause. Soon after, they happen to find an orphaned colt on the beach with a crooked star on his forehead and they eventually find him a foster mother-pony who lost her own baby. This is a heart warming story and I love the ending. It has some sad parts and some adventure but nothing too intense or scary. A good choice to read to younder kids and sensitive readers. I would reccommend this to boys, girls and anyone who loves horses.

A great book!

This book kept me on the edge of my seat the whole time. I felt like i was right there with Paul and Maureen. They are the two main charecters that found Sea Star on the beach. This book explains the little ponys struggle for life and how Paul and Maureen helped save the ponys life. The author explains everything so well that you dont want to put the book down, ever. If you like animals then you should read this book. The author did a great job explaining and keeping you on the edge of your seat the whole time.

From one horse-lover to any others out there.

I liked reading Sea Star by Marguerite Henry. It had wild horses with wild manes and flaring nostrils. Mares and foals of all types, pintos, bays, snow whites, and pitch black stallions galloped across the marshy plains. The book kept me on the edge of my seat and I was right there with Paul and Maureen, the two main characters when they found Sea Star. I was transported in my mind to the island of Chincoteague where I was flying across the sandy beach on my mounted steed next to them looking for the starving, tiny foal. Sea Star was my favorite book in the series of three books that I have read by this author.

A Heart-warming story

This continuing story of Paul and Maureen Beebe finds them allowing their beloved Misty to be taken to the mainland with a movie crew. Lonely without her, they stumble upon an orphaned colt. The new colt helps to fill the gap left by Misty as they try to find a way of raising this new baby.