The Stray Paperback | Pages: 144 pages

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Title	:	The Stray
Author	:	Dick King-Smith
Book Format	:	Paperback
Book Edition	:	First Edition
Pages	:	Pages: 144 pages
Published	:	March 10th 1998 by Yearling (first published July 15th 1996)
Categories	:	Childrens. Fiction

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I hunted down for this book. While fixing all the childrens books I had when I was young, all I could think of was finding this one. I was so saddened when I found out I didn't have it! I asked my friends, but none seemed to have kept theirs! I went to the National Bookstore in Greenhills and lo and behold! I found it! What more, it was discounted! I guess today's generation aren't that fond of Dick King-Smith. Their loss! I wrote this review last night after I finished reading it, by the way.

03-08-11, 11:30PM--
Aww! What a great story! The Stray teaches you about family and its importance. This book just really shows how important and how nice it would be if everyone had goodness and kindness in their hearts that they were willing to share with everyone around them.

In The Stray, we have Henny, an old woman, who's run away from home on her birthday. She goes off on a train to the first place she sees and somehow ends up meeting the Good family.

The Good family welcomed Henny into their lives with open arms, even if they knew very little to nothing about her. They were such good hosts to dear old Henny. Meanwhile, we have Henny, who was always very nice to everyone she meets and was always trying her to best to make everyone around her happy.

I was really touched and genuinely happy for Henny and the Good family during the end. I'm just really glad that Henny got her happy ending in the end. The ending really made me feel all warm and fuzzy. What a gift family and true friends are. If you have a family and good friends, then you are truly lucky. Just like how Henny was.
--11:32PM

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Original Title:	The Stray
ISBN:	0679891013 (ISBN13: 9780679891017)
Edition Language:	English

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Ratings: 3.87 From 230 Users | 30 Reviews

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A sweet little book! 75-year-old Henny Hickathrift runs away from her old age home and with almost all of her funds buys a train ticket to the beach. She enjoys the sunny day, but as evening approaches she has no money left and nowhere to sleep. The she meets the five red headed Good children, who invite her home with them to spend then night. This turns into a beautiful friendship between the children and their parents and the lonely old woman. This will make a good discussion about growing old

I have a special attachment to this book. I bought it on holiday not long after it came out and read it obsessively. I'm not sure WHY I liked it so particularly, though it is good - the story's pretty simple, but it has some lovely little touches, like talking about Henny trying fruit gums for the first time. Anyway, I reread it yesterday, after spending months online trying to find out what it was called. It's still utterly charming. It's completely divorced from reality, of course, but I tend

nice story, unrealistic events, great ending

To start of this book is a really really quick read. It's kind of amusing I think younger kids (5-8) would probably think it was hilarious! I loved Henny she was so quirky and funny. She definantly had a distinct persinality.(Sorry for all the misspellings) So anyway it's worth the read because it's really short and it passes the time.

My younger brother got this from either a Scholastic book fair or a book order when we were younger and I remember picking it up and knowing for certain that I would love it and I did. For years it was my favorite book, even though from the start it was "below my reading level." It was just so wholesome and sweet. ♥ It's been on my bookshelf for years now and every so often I'll take it down and read it. I did just that today and was astonished that for as many times as I had read it, that I had

This book is about a women who decided that she would run away from her old age home she also found a whole new family.and a whole new life.

I hunted down for this book. While fixing all the childrens books I had when I was young, all I could think of was finding this one. I was so saddened when I found out I didn't have it! I asked my friends, but none seemed to have kept theirs! I went to the National Bookstore in Greenhills and lo and behold! I found it! What more, it was discounted! I guess today's generation aren't that fond of Dick King-Smith. Their loss! I wrote this review last night after I finished reading it, by the way.