Brigadier and the Spirit Pony

By Marga Jonker

Gabi headed for the stable. Even from a distance she could see Brigadier peering inquisitively over his stable door, ears pricked in anticipation. When she got to him, Gabi felt her stress levels drop as she stroked the warmblood’s dark-brown neck. She had been feeling an unease since arriving on this guest farm deep in the forests near Plettenberg Bay. But her sister had thought it best to get away from home to try to reconnect with their estranged father. Exploring the woods with Brigadier was all she wanted to do . . . but should she have paid closer attention to the locals’ talk about nightwalkers? And could a week really be long enough to get to know someone?

• Language: English
• Publisher: Tafelberg
• Release date: Oct 6, 2016
• ISBN: 9780624077428

Marga Jonker

Marga Jonker kom oorspronklik van Stompneusbaai aan die Weskus. Sy matrikuleer op Vredenburg en daarna kwalifiseer sy haar as onderwyseres. Rondom 2000 verskyn haar verhaal Die onskadelike reënspinnekop in die tydskrif Baba & Kleuter. In 2009 word twee van haar verse opgeneem in Nuwe Kinderverseboek (Tafelberg). In 2010 verskyn haar geillustreerde kinderboek, Wat is jy, Kartoffel? by Lapa. In 2012 ontvang hierdie boek die Namibiese Kinderboekforum se toekenning vir die beste boek in die kategorie geïllustreerde kinderboeke. In 2011 word haar gedig Slegs Bekendes opgeneem in Toulopers, uitgegee deur Lapa. Tans woon sy in Durbanville, waar sy deeltyds Xhosa onderrig by Durbanville Voorbereidingskool. Sý is die klashanswors, reken sy.

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