description: Twelve year old orphan Christina Parsons is sent to live with her Uncle Russell and his two sons in the decaying old country house, Flambards. There she finds a strange, brooding household dominated by her crippled uncle, with his passion for horses, his sudden rages and callous cruelty. Ordered to learn to ride by her uncle, Christina discovers that she enjoys it and finds in her teacher, the stable-lad Dick, a sympathetic friend to steer her through the emotional undercurrents that divide the Russell household.
language: English
title: Flambards
titlecomplete: Flambards (Flambards, #1)
genres: Historical, British Literature, Young Adult, Childrens, Classics, Animals, Historical Fiction, Fiction, Horses, Romance
ratings_count: 2014
series: Flambards
awards: awardedAt: 28800000
name: Guardian Children's Fiction Prize, awardedAt: -31507200000
name: Boston Globe-Horn Book Award
category: Fiction
publisher: Isis