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Summary: Featherston during the Second World War is a tough and bleak place for fourteen-year-old Bella, especially since her father is fighting overseas. She and her family struggle to keep their family farm from ruin while coping with a herd of cows, an unscrupulous neighbour, and a crazy, bad tempered racehorse called Gipsy. Bella is terrified of the horse and doesn't know where to turn. Will Bella accept help from an unlikely source, or will Gipsy destroy her father's dreams New Zealand author