Week #4: The Red Pony

          Book: The Red Pony
          Author: John Steinbeck
          Genre: Historical/Realistic Fiction

     This is a fantastic and classic book about a boy named Jody Tiflin and a red pony on a ranch. It is told in four main sections of Jody's life on on his father's ranch, and his interactions with a red pony that he loves.
     Even if you don't enjoy to read old novels because of the writing style (being generally hard to understand), this is an amazing book filled with great descriptions and real-feeling characters. I love John Steinbeck's books like Of Mice and Men and The Grapes of Wrath, but this one is by far the most heartbreaking and powerful.
      I have never understood how John Steinbeck fits so much power into his short books, and this is anther great example.