<Tr> <Th> LC Class </Th> <Td> PZ10. 3. H43 Mg </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> Followed by </Th> <Td> "Sea Star: Orphan of Chincoteague" (1949) "Stormy, Misty's Foal" (1963) "Misty's Twilight" (1992) </Td> </Tr> <P> Misty of Chincoteague is a children's novel written by Marguerite Henry, illustrated by Wesley Dennis, and published by Rand McNally in 1947 . Set in the island town of Chincoteague, Virginia, the book tells the story of the Beebe family and their efforts to raise a filly born to a wild horse . It was one of the runners - up for the annual Newbery Medal, now called Newbery Honor Books . The 1961 film Misty was based on the book . </P> <P> Misty of Chincoteague begins with an account of the wreck of a Spanish galleon on the shores of Assateague Island off the coast of Virginia . The ponies in the hold of the galleon swim to Assateague and become feral as the years and eventually the centuries pass . </P>

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