Phantom Stallion #15: Kidnapped Colt [Paperback]

Terri Farley (Author)

Book Description

Age Level: 10 and up | Grade Level: 5 and up | Series: Phantom Stallion

The wildly popular series continues with more adventures of Samantha and her mustang, the Phantom Stallion!

• Girls love horses! The appeal of horse stories spans generations.
• Set in the modern–day Wild West, Phantom Stallion has cowboys, horse rustlers, mustangs–exciting new territory you can't find in other series.
• Continuation of a popular series.
• Dedicated fan base.

--This text refers to the Kindle Edition edition.

Product Details

• Reading level: Ages 10 and up
  
• Paperback: 224 pages
• Publisher: HarperCollins; 1st Avon Ed edition (April 26, 2005)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0060583169
• ISBN-13: 978-0060583163
• Product Dimensions: 7.4 x 4.7 x 0.6 inches
• Shipping Weight: 4.8 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 4.6 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (7 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #366,273 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

More About the Author

Terri Farley is the author of the wildly popular Phantom Stallion series, which has sold one million copies. For her Wild Horse Island series, Terri volunteered on a horse ranch in Hawaii for three weeks. After much coaxing, she returned to her husband in Verdi, Nevada, where she lives and writes.

Customer Reviews

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7 of 8 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars Okay, but not great, April 28, 2005

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"Leigh" "Horse-lover & Avid Reader" - See all my reviews

This review is from: Phantom Stallion #15: Kidnapped Colt (Paperback)

I do like the Phantom Stallion series a great deal, but I was disappointed in the last couple of books. In the book before this one, the author left a lot of things unfinished and I was hoping that she would pick up where she left off. In the last book, the dangerous hunting dogs were still on the loose, Linc Slocum was in trouble in the mountains, and Blaze the River Bend Ranch dog was missing. I wanted to hear where Blaze was, how Linc was helped, and what they did to catch the dogs.

Instead, the story just picks up with Blaze back (never once even mentioning that he was missing), Linc being his normal "evil villain" self (which is getting more and more extreme with each book), and they mention once that the dangerous hunting dogs were sent back to Louisiana. But how did all this happen? How did they catch the dogs again, where was Blaze, and how did they manage to get Linc out of trouble? We don't know because the author says nothing.

The book itself is not bad, but it did get off on a bad note with me because all the problems and issues that the last book left open were more or less forgotten and she just charged into another story. The story is about Shy Boots, the colt of Apache Hotspot and Diablo, mentioned in the second book of the series: Mustang Moon. Apparently Ryan, Linc Slocum's son, is very fond of him and is trying to protect him from his father who wants to get rid of the little colt. Ryan gets Sam to help at the same time as the HARP program on River Bend starts up again. However, Ryan goes from being a sort of shy guy that is rather competitive with Jake, to being a total and absolute spoiled brat all the of the sudden. I mean, honestly he was never really unusually nice or anything in the other books, but he was polite and not nasty or anything. In this book, he is all the sudden being a manipulative jerk and thinking he can pay for anything he wants, etc. and gets Sam into some trouble through this. Because of Ryan pushing Sam into doing something not so smart (she means well, but acts on a bad idea trying to help), Hotspot and Shy Boots disappear. Shy Boots ends up being sold to a petting zoo, but Ryan rescues him with Sam's help, though he still acts like a brat. Hotspot ends up running wild with the Phantom (huge surprise there, not trying to be rude to the author, but I saw that coming a mile away). There is the brief intro of the character, Karl Mannix, who is supposed to be working for Slocum, who ends up (like all the people who work for Slocum, except the Kenworthys) being a crook who is responsible for Hotspot and Shy Boots being missing, though he is not actually caught at the end of the book.

The book itself is not bad. I love the author's writing style and descriptions, but if you are hoping to have some of the loose ends of the last book taken care, you will be a little disappointed. If you really enjoy the series (as I do), I do recommend reading it because the story is a good one and Sam develops (at least a little) into a stronger, smarter person in this book. I liked it, but it was not quite what I was hoping for. Still, for the die-hard fans who own all the books (like me), then it is a nice addition to the story line.

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Another Very Exciting Book in the Phantom Stallion Series!, June 11, 2005

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crazy for horses - See all my reviews

This review is from: Phantom Stallion #15: Kidnapped Colt (Paperback)

I really enjoyed reading this book because it keeps you guessing until the very end. When two horses turn up missing, you have several possible suspects, and you never know for sure who is telling the truth. If you love horses and mysteries, this book has both.

5.0 out of 5 stars Phantom Stallion, January 13, 2011

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Horse Crazy - See all my reviews

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This review is from: Phantom Stallion #15: Kidnapped Colt (Kindle Edition)

I love horse books and this is a good book. Even though it is for teens I did enjoy it.