# The Red Pony

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- Book: [The Red Pony](https://www.bookquiver.com/john-steinbeck/the-red-pony) ([The Red Pony.md](https://www.bookquiver.com/john-steinbeck/the-red-pony.md))
- Authors: [John Steinbeck](https://www.bookquiver.com/john-steinbeck)
- Publisher: Penguin
- ISBN: 978-01-4136-896-2
- Pages: 144
- Published: 2016-08-04
- Language: en_GB
- Binding: Softcover

## Description

Young Jody Tiflin lives on his father's California ranch. He is thrilled when his father gives him a red pony, and later promises him the colt of a bay mare. Both these gifts bring joy to Jodi's life - but tragedy soon follows. As Jodi begins to learn the harsh lessons of life and death, he starts to understand what growing-up and becoming an adult really means.