1860 American outback. Twelve-year-old Silas, who lost his mother in infancy, lives with his father, a brilliant inventor, in an old house far from people. Silas's only friend is the ghost of a long-dead boy who, by the will of heaven, has been taking care of the orphaned baby from the first days of his life. And then one night, three sinister horsemen take away Silas's father. The boy manages to escape, although the uninvited guests brought a horse for him too - an Arabian horse, which the frightened Silas in the dark mistakes for a pony. Plunging into despair, he remains to wait for his father in the company of his faithful ghost friend. But when that same pony appears in front of the house in the morning, Silas decides to go in search of his father. This dangerous journey will connect the boy with his past, future and the incomprehensible world around him... “Pony” by R. J. Palacio is a touching, beautifully written story about the power of love and the bonds that bind us through time and distance. For the first time in Russian!