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The Black Stallion
Written by Walter Farley
Narrated by Frank Muller
Rating: 4.5 out of 5 stars
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About this audiobook
First published in 1941, Walter Farley’s bestselling novel for young readers is the triumphant tale of a boy and a wild horse. From Alec Ramsay and the Black’s first meeting on an ill-fated ship to their adventures on a desert island and their eventual rescue, this beloved story will hold the rapt attention of readers new and old.
"The Black Stallion is about the most famous fictional horse of the century."—The New York Times
"The Black Stallion is about the most famous fictional horse of the century."—The New York Times
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Reviews for The Black Stallion
Rating: 4.651162790697675 out of 5 stars
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- Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5this book is about a boy named alec and a boat with some stallions and horse's they were traviling well alec was going back home and the stallion well he didnt know why he was on there but when they were traviling but there was a storm at sea and the boat falling, drounding into the water alec and the horse in the water...
- Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5The reader was amazing!!! Loved the story too!! My kids ages 3-8 were OBESSED!
- Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5one of the best books I've ever read 10 out of 10 would read again
- Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5One of my favorite books. Great story for horse-lovers, and the reading is great.
- Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5This classic should be on every shelf. I was drawn to this series in middle school and read each book as quick as it was published.
- Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5A heart-warming adventure story about a boy named Alec and a wild stallion named Black. The two are shipwrecked on an island and come to depend on eachother for survival. When rescued, Alec takes the horse with him and a horse trainer near where he lives helps him train the horse to race. Grades 4-8. Wide appeal. Independent Read. Positives - desirable adventures, highly relatable protagonist, wild animals! Negatives - some violence.
- Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5The Black Stallion is about a boy, Alec, and a wild horse that survive a shipwreck, become friends, and go on to win a championship race. It is a well-written children's book especially aimed at boys.The book mainly focuses on the taming and training of the stallion. Henry, Alec's coach and friend, is also a key character in the book. Alec's parents are minor characters and have only limited roles in the story.I do wish the author had developed the relationships between Alec and his parents a little more. Alec's parents didn't seem overly distraught at their son being in a shipwreck, and Alec's father agreed to letting Alec race pretty easily. I would have liked to see more conflict between Alec and his parents, which would seem more natural considering the events that had happened in Alec's life. In spite of this shortcoming, the book is very well suited for young readers. It is entertaining and captures the reader's imagination easily.
- Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5This is an excellent adventure story that follows a young boy, Alec as he embarks on an adventure out to sea by himself after visiting his uncle. Disaster strikes when the ship sinks and Alec and a wild stallion horse are the only survivors stranded on the island. Alec begins to befriend the stallion while on the island and when they are rescued, he talks his parents into letting him keep the horse. The two get into some mischief when Alec befriends an old jockey and begin to train to race the stallion against the world's fastest horses--without Alec's parents knowing. This book is full of excitement, passion, following your dreams and never ending spirit.
- Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5The Black Stallion is a heart-warming story about a teenage boy called Alec Ramsey. Alec and his father are on a boat when it sinks. Alec's father is lost at sea, but Alec and a black stallion are able to swim to the shore of an uninhabited island. There they forge a lasting friendship and bond. When they're finally rescued, and Alec returns home with "the Black," things aren't the same, and Alec has to find a place to board the Black. He finally finds an old barn and an old trainer, who agrees to board the Black and eventually trains Alec and the Black to race. This adventure exemplifies the bond the horse and boy share, and children everywhere can identify with the desire to have that bond. The Black Stallion is a series, and it is engaging and a great entree for children into literature. It was one of my favorite series as a child, and it is one of the reasons I love reading today.
- Rating: 3 out of 5 stars3/5I probably haven't read this in 30 years. It is really hilarious to re-read it as a parent. Love the dad's reaction when he learns that his kid - recently rescued from a desert island, after a shipwreck in which the kid was presumed dead - has been sneaking out after midnight for weeks to break into Belmont Park and race his wild stallion around the track. That is one calm dad.
- Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Nostalgic read...I read all Farley's books when I was a horse-obsessed pre-teen. The language is quaint, but the story still excites.
- Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5The first and best book in the series. My sister gave me this copy when I was about 10 years old. I started it a couple of times but never got past the first couple of chapters. Then one time, I sat down and read the whole thing and promptly devoured the rest of the series. A classic horse story.
- Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Alec Ramsay finds himself shipwrecked on a desert island with the wild and beautiful Black Stallion. They soon become friends and after they are rescued, Alec takes the Black to live with him, where he and trainer Henry Dailey begin to race the fiesty stallion. The first of many "Black Stallion" books.
- Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5This well-loved classic about a young boy in a shipwreck, saved by a wild stallion stranded on a tropical island, and finally rescued to return home with his horse savior is a bit of a period piece, to be savored by those immersed or interested in the time period in which it was written, the 1940s, or the genre, horse/coming of age stories. For today's readers there are no surprises in this story, nor are there any thematic layers to explore beyond the obvious-boy-overcomes-odds-with-horse-as -his-passion theme. Farley tells a somewhat predicable story about a boy and his horse. They have a tough journey, overcoming odds here and there, with people doubting them, and then they succeed to beat the odds. If this story were told today, it would likely include peer complications, family strife, community challenges and maybe some racial tension. We expect more from our best literature today in the 21st century.The illustrations go a fair way to add to the dramatic tension of the novel, The artist know horses well and shows them in all their powerful motion, lending movement to the novel that the writing do not have, until the end.
- Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5I haven't read this book in 30 years or so. It is still every bit as heart-poundingly exciting, and only slightly anachronistic.