life on the Micklemoor Estate in the Scottish Highlands is always tough, it is now under threat, The estate is not paying and is up for sale, with the jobs of Alastair McNeill and his assistant keeper, lan Benton, at risk.
Their lives are made even more difficult by the arrival of a wildcat, The wildcat must contend with the weather and her natural enemies as well as the animosity of Alastair and lan, but she finds a friend in Alastair's twentyyearold daughter, Sheina, who watches secretly over her and christens her Hexa.
Rob Vincent, who inherits the next door farm and turns it into a wildlife sanctuary which does not endear him to the two keepers works with Sheina to protect Hexa.
When they rescue one of her injured kittens and attempt to tame it, the kitten and the secret of Rob and Sheina's friendship must be kept from Sheina's father.
Brilliant. Typical Joyce Stranger themes, an animal story this time a Wildcat, running alongside the humans facing adversity story, Very well done. Writing style is a little hokey in places, but I still enjoy her descriptions of animals and their habits, Psuedonym of Joyce Muriel Wilson, Born, died in. Lived in Anglesey, Wales. Trained as a biologist, specialising in animal behaviour, and tried her hand at dog training too, Not surprisingly, animal themes, especially relationships between human and animal feature in all of her books, She thought that the human animal/human nature relationship was extremely important and that a co existence between the two could improve quality of life.
She said for many people an animal can provide a harmony lacking in day to day relationships with people, Her books are not very anthropomorphic, deliberately so, She thought that many animal books, especially childrens were inaccurate or sentimental or humanised the animal and wanted her stories in Psuedonym of Joyce Muriel Wilson.
Born, died in. Lived in Anglesey, Wales. Trained as a biologist, specialising in animal behaviour, and tried her hand at dog training too, Not surprisingly, animal themes, especially relationships between human and animal feature in all of her books, She thought that the human animal/human nature relationship was extremely important and that a co existence between the two could improve quality of life.
She said "for many people an animal can provide a harmony lacking in day to day relationships with people, "Her books are not very anthropomorphic, deliberately so, She thought that many animal books, especially childrens were inaccurate or sentimental or humanised the animal and wanted her stories instead to "show how animals live in a world that is real to them"They are definitely not sentimental either,
many are quite downbeat.
Disasters often strike her fictional worlds and her characters are often unhappy, guilt stricken or remorseful, However they usually end on a upbeat and optimistic note, Ms. Stranger was one of the few authors to write horse stories aimed at adults, Most of her pony books are either adult or teenage stories, sitelink.
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