When a shipwreck leaves Alec Ramsay stranded on an island with only a wild stallion for a companion, the boy and the horse establish a warm and trusting friendship that continues after they are rescued.
This book is part of a book series called Black Stallion .
This book has been graded for interest at 8-12 years.
There are 275 pages in this book. This book was published 2008 by Random House Books for Young Readers .
Walter Farley was born in New York in 1920. After serving in the US Army, and working for Yank magazine, Farley put pen to paper and wrote the first of what was to be a 12-book adventure series about a powerful and unpredictable Arabian black stallion and his friendship with one boy, Alec Ramsay. Walter Farley wrote a total of 24 adventure stories involving horses. He died in 1989, leaving four children.
This book contains the following story:
The Black Stallion
Teenager Alec Ramsay and a wild black stallion are stranded on a desert island after their ship sinks. Dependent on each other for survival, the boy and horse develop a strong bond. Once rescued they return to Alecs home where he befriends retired racehorse trainer Henry Dailey. He and Alec secretly begin training the Black to race. But without a documented pedigree, Alec and Henry can only compete the Black as a mystery horse in a match race between two champions, Cyclone and Sun Raider.
