This book features in the following series: Beginner Books, Beginners Series, I Can Read It All By Myself .
. This book is part of a reading scheme, meaning that it is a book aimed at children who are learning to read. This reading scheme has multiple levels.
There are 48 pages in this book. This book was published 1987 by HarperCollins Publishers .
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.
