Hopeful Farm’s success has greatly increased Alec and Henry’s workload, and finally, Alec decides to seek help. When Pam Athena, a very...
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Oct 09, 2011
Jessica
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The girl in this book is somewhat like me, however I could never really see myself being like her. With her hippie kinda of ways. However I know how she felt when she has to prove herself to a bunch of shovenistic men who believe a women's place is in the home not on a horse. I myself have had to go through that with my father in a way. But once he saw what my arabian stallion Zsa Zsa and I could do he changed his mind very quickly. I also changed the minds of his horse friends. By not using a b
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Jul 30, 2011
Bonnie
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Walter Farley's daughter Pam died sometime during this string of the last few books in the series and I think it gives some indication as why they are so bad and have so little heart. This one is rather maudlin in that a free-spirited girl (named Pam, of course) comes to work at Hopeful Farm. There is a love story for Alec, Pam's tragic love for a young racehorse, and Pam's tragic end (much like Farley's daughter). Just sappy to the extreme.
Mar 09, 2009
Jessica
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This one always made me kind of sad, even as a kid. Alec finally meets a girl, and Henry is not happy about it. Then the girl leaves. In about 20 books, this is the closest Alec ever comes to having a relationship. Just because he owns a horse farm doesn't mean he can't have love!
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Jan 11, 2011
Melody
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I haven't read this for ages. It was always one of my favorites of the Black Stallion series when I was a girl. Now that I'm someone's mom, and now that I know that Farley wrote this in memory of his own daughter, I find it almost unbearably poignant. Pam is so idealized as to be a goddess, but she fits right in with the perfect horses. The heavy-handed feminism Farley exhibits here feels both real and compensatory. The horse parts are as exciting as ever, but there's a serious underlay to this
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Aug 06, 2011
There was not a Black Stallion book that I could ever put down. The stories are the best.
Jan 16, 2008
Ningerbil
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I read most, if not all, of the Walter Farley Black Stallion books as a child (I was absolutely nuts about horses.) I don't remember a lot about many of them, but this one stuck with me. Alec is disqualified from racing for a period, and meets a girl who also can ride well -- including the Black. I remember this story was a lot darker overall than the other books, and that the ending was not "happily ever after."
Jan 15, 2011
Alice
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I raced through this series as a child. Of course, "The Black Stallion" was my favorite, and I read it a few times, but I waited eagerly for any of the books to return to my branch of the library so I could snap them up.
Dec 09, 2009
Kate
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This was my favorite book in the series. I'm not sure why, but I remember reading it over and over. The first chapter is pretty much burned into my memory. Although the one I read had a very different cover.
Jul 31, 2011
Lori
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The first book was the story of a boy and a horse, but the series grows with books on similar themes of overcoming adversity and animal/human bonding. Loved them as a kid.
Jun 11, 2008
Victoria
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This book focuses not mainly on the black stallion at all. It's about his master and a girl who fall in love. Barely about the black stallion.
Feb 12, 2012
