The Black Stallion Mystery (The Black Stallion Stories, 13) [Hardcover]

Walter Farley (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: September 12, 1957

FOR USE IN SCHOOLS AND LIBRARIES ONLY. This series, full of action, excitement, and suspense, has set the pace for horse stories for 60 years.

--This text refers to the Library Binding edition.

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Someone's set a treacherous trap for Alec and his horse...   --This text refers to the Paperback edition.

Product Details

• Hardcover: 202 pages
• Publisher: Random House Books for Young Readers (September 12, 1957)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0394806131
• ISBN-13: 978-0394806136
• Product Dimensions: 7.6 x 5.1 x 0.7 inches
• Shipping Weight: 5.6 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 4.6 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (14 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #2,079,941 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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18 of 19 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars This is the Most exiteing suspenseing book in the world!!, March 17, 2002

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"hadster" (Springfield, MO United States) - See all my reviews

This review is from: The Black Stallion Mystery (Paperback)

This is the most thrilling book in the world!

Alec,The Black, and Henry are out on an adventure... once again!!

Alec is baffled by three colts that arrive for sale from Spain. They look so much like his horse, that Alec is sure they have the same sire.But that wonderful stallion died years ago in Arabia. Or did he?In search of the answer Alec and the Black begin a dangerous journey.
In spain they meet the colts' eccentric owner, Angel Gonzalez, who takes them to a remote mountian stronghold of anb Arab sheik. The sheik insists he's seen the Black's sire running free, in the mountains. And he wants Alec and the Black to catch him.Yet Alec is suspicious. He thinks the whole story is nothing more than an elaborite plot to lure him and his horse to this desolate place-but why??
You have to have read the first book in the series to know who Tabari is and if you don't then, you wouldn't get the whole book (expeacially the end!).

11 of 13 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars The Black Stallion Mystery, December 7, 2006

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Du Weldenvarden (MO) - See all my reviews

This review is from: The Black Stallion Mystery (Paperback)

When Henry and Alec check out some yearlings they are shocked to see a very strong resemblance to the Black. So they question if the Blacks Sire could still be a live, but they were told by Abu (Blacks Original owner) that his father had died years ago in Arabia. The temptation that the Blacks father is still a live is too much for them. So they decided to head abroad to the man who sold the Yearlings and see if it is true. The Storyline has interesting twists and turns and Alec meets people who he hasn't seen in years. The book is quite fast paced and is probably one of the best Black Stallion books.

4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars must read series, April 5, 2008

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Susan Mason - See all my reviews
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This review is from: The Black Stallion Mystery (Paperback)

A group of my students chose this book for a literature circle because the boys wanted a mystery and the girls wanted a "horse story." I talked them into this one, and it was a great hit with all!!! Taking the reader to exotic lands and throwing in the proverbial "red herring" kept my students absorbed the entire time. Great read!