Wealthy landowner Don Rigol practically owns the town. To expand his coffee plantation, he will lay waste the mountain jungle and the secret valley where the ancient breed of Paso Fino horses roams wild. Best friends Enriquito and Ernestina search for a way to save the ponies, ensure justice at a trumped-up trial, and reclaim the mountain for their people. Magical realism
- ISBN: 9781596431669
- Author: Flores-Galbis, Enrique
- Published: 2007 , Roaring Brook Press
- Themes: corruption, Environment, Horses, power, protection
- Descriptors: Caribbean, Cuba, Fantasy, Intermediate (ages 9-14)
- No. of pages: 176