John Steinbeck, author of The Grapes of Wrath, has a masterful collection of linked short stories. The Red Pony is one of Penguin's Originals: iconic, outspoken, and first.
Jody Tiflin grew up on his father's ranch in California. He is overjoyed when his father presents him with a red pony and subsequently promises him a bay mare colt. Both of these gifts offer Jodi joy, but tragedy strikes soon after. As Jodi begins to learn the terrible truths of life and death, he begins to comprehend what it is to grow up and become an adult.