Margaret Donaldson has written several children’s novels, amongst which is this story, set during the Second World War.

Finding the book:  reasonably easy to find.

Margaret Donaldson

Journey Into War

Deutsch, London, 1979, illus Joanna Stubbs, 152 pp.

Hippo Books,  1999, ipb, illlus Joanna Stubbs, 187pp. (right)

This is the story of 10 year old Janey, abandoned in France as the German army sweeps across the Channel.
She does however, have a horse to ride, and a dog for company.1999,

Bibliography - pony books only