About the author
Marion Doren, who also writes under the name Marion Walker Doren, has written one horse book, A Pony In The Field.
Her novel Her Borrowed Summer won a Christopher Award in 1987. These are given for books which “affirm the highest values of the human spirit.” The same book was also a nominee for a Mark Twain Award.
Finding the book
It is easy to find in the USA, but was not published in the UK.
Links and sources
National Library of Congress
The Christopher Awards website
Bibliography (horse books only)
A Pony in the Field
Scholastic Inc, New York 1991, 152 pp
Meg has always wanted a pony, and at last she gets one: a Shetland. He is, however, a lot more work than she had believed possible.