Home at Last (Marguerite Henry's Misty Inn)

Even though Ben is allowed to ride and groom his sister's pony, Starbuck, everyone knows Starbuck is really Willa s pony: the two are inseparable, as close as a girl and pony can be. But then the kids discover a wild, renegade pony plucking apples from atree, and Ben wants to keep him.