Walter Farley
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Random House Children's Books
Pub. Date
2011
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 6.6 - AR Pts: 7
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English
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Alec Ramsay's life is changed after he spends a terrifying night lost in the Florida Everglades with a deranged Frenchman who is helping him search for the runaway black stallion.
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Random House Children's Books
Pub. Date
2011
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English
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When Hopeful Farm burns down, Alec’s dreams for the future go up in smoke. How can he get the money to rebuild? To make matters worse, a strong young colt named Eclipse has taken the racing world by storm, threatening to replace the Black in the hearts of racing fans. Against all odds, Alec sets out to save the farm and prove that the Black is still the greatest race horse of all time!
“Everyone loves a champion. And when the champion...
“Everyone loves a champion. And when the champion...
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Random House Children's Books
Pub. Date
2011
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English
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When Steve Duncan is asked to go on an archeological search on a remote Caribbean island, he never imagines the stallion he will find there. But the giant horse is unapproachable, showing nothing but fear and fury towards people. When the stallion gets caught in quicksand, can Steve get close enough to save the wild horse?
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Random House Children's Books
Pub. Date
2011
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 6.4 - AR Pts: 6
Language
English
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While flying to a race, Alec Ramsay and the Black’s plane crash-lands in the stormy Caribbean. Chance brings the Black to the hidden island home of the giant red stallion, Flame. Such a small island can only support one alpha male. But before the two can fight–a fight that can only result in the death of one–a new danger appears. Together, can the stallions defeat the deadly foe which threatens the lives of the entire herd of wild...
5) Man O'War
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Random House Children's Books
Pub. Date
2011
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English
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Before Secretariat and Seabiscuit, Man o’ War set the standard for horse racing.
Walter Farley, the creator of the Black Stallion, chronicles the mightiest racer ever seen on an American racetrack from his surging power and blistering speed to his overwhelming desire to run!
Here is the unofficial biography of the “red giant,” from the moment he was foaled through all of his racing triumphs. Winning an astonishing 20 of his...
Walter Farley, the creator of the Black Stallion, chronicles the mightiest racer ever seen on an American racetrack from his surging power and blistering speed to his overwhelming desire to run!
Here is the unofficial biography of the “red giant,” from the moment he was foaled through all of his racing triumphs. Winning an astonishing 20 of his...
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Random House Children's Books
Pub. Date
2011
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English
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Only Steve Duncan and his friend Pitch know of the valley hidden behind the high cliffs of the remote Caribbean Azul Island. And only the two of them know of the beautiful, purebred horses that live there, under the watchful eye of the great red stallion, Flame. But when Pitch’s half-brother Tom learns of this lost paradise, he will stop at nothing to make it his own, even if he has to destroy it.
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Random House Children's Books
Pub. Date
2011
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English
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In this prequel to The Black Stallion, we learn the story of the Black before he was shipwrecked with Alec Ramsay. Born in the mountain stronghold of Sheikh Abu Ishak, the colt shows great promise. During a band of robbers’ attempt to steal him, the colt escapes and learns to survive on his own in the high mountains. Will he ever find his way home?
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Random House Children's Books
Pub. Date
2011
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 6 - AR Pts: 8
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English
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Alec Ramsay has a hard time persuading his partners to retain the girl he hires as a trainer and an even harder time convincing them to let her race the Black Stallion when Alec is suspended as a jockey.
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Random House Children's Books
Pub. Date
2011
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.3 - AR Pts: 10
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English
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When his wild black stallion revolts against the routine and schedule of stable life, becoming a killer and a threat, a plane crash thwarts Alec's plans to give the Black a free run in the desert and brings danger to both boy and horse.
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Random House Children's Books
Pub. Date
2011
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 6.3 - AR Pts: 7
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English
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Alec Ramsey has fled Hopeful Farm in order to alleviate his grief over Pam’s sudden death. He and the Black are aimlessly wandering through the Arizona desert when they hear an amazing Native American legend: The end of the world is near, but help is promised from a rider on a black horse.
Alec shrugs off the wild tale–until disaster strikes from the sky. Suddenly the fate of an entire native tribe is in his hands . . . and the mighty...
Alec shrugs off the wild tale–until disaster strikes from the sky. Suddenly the fate of an entire native tribe is in his hands . . . and the mighty...
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Random House Children's Books
Pub. Date
2011
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 6.1 - AR Pts: 11
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English
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When Alec receives the Black Stallion’s first son as a gift, he believes his dreams have come true, but Satan’s savage arrogance makes him dangerous and unpredictable. Still, Alec is resolved to gain the fiery colt’s trust, even if he must risk his life to do it.
15) The horse-tamer
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Random House Children's Books
Pub. Date
2011
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English
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A late eighteenth-century carriage maker turns professional horse-tamer, and deals with many vicious or badly trained horses, and one unscrupulous showman.
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Random House Children's Books
Pub. Date
2011
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 6 - AR Pts: 12
Language
English
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A boy is entrusted to attend the birth, train, and drive a blood bay colt that is the great hope of an aging reinsman who refuses to be reconciled to the fact that sulky-racing has moved from the county fair to the big night time, moneymaking raceways.