Black Stallion and Satan

by Walter Farley

Book Overview

Satan has won the Triple Crown, yet Alec still misses the Black, who s living in Arabia with Sheikh Abu Ishak. Unexpectedly, Alec receives word that the sheikh has died and has left the Black to Alec. A race between the Black and Satan is inevitable, but unexpected events put the horses in the path of a raging forest fire. Suddenly, they are racing for their lives."

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0679813462
• ISBN13: 9780679813460
• Release Date: April 1992
• Publisher: Yearling Books
• Length: 224 Pages
• Weight: 0.37 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 5.2" x 7.6"
• Age Range: 8 to 12 years
• Grade Range: Grades 3 to 7

Customer Reviews

The Black Stallion and Satan

The Black Stallion and Satan is about Alec and both of his horses. In the beginning the Black isn't his. Alec misses the Black and Satan because he never gets any time alone with Satan now that he is a race horse. So when the Black's owner dies and leaves him to Alec, Alec decides not to race the Black. He buys a farm where he is going to retire the Black and use him to breed racehorses. When Alec learns that he is the only one who believes that the Black is faster than Satan, he decides to prove it and gets into a lot of trouble which results in the public finding out the Black is back in America. The press puts a lot of pressure on Alec to race the Black against Satan, an he agrees. Just before the race something happens to all the horses that are supposed to be in the race. Will anyone ever know which horse was faster?

The Black Stallion and Satan

The Black Stallion and Satan 176 Pages By Kitty I could Identify with Alec Ramsay when he felt some stress over the upcoming International Cup Race. His stallion, the Black was going to be racing against some of the best racing stallions and colts in the world including his own son, who was also owned by the Ramsays and trained by their good friend Henry Dailey. Alec was stressed, because he was afraid he was going to have to pull the Black from the race because he was an aggressive unpredictable horse who might be compelled to fight the other stallions. There were a number of important events that resulted in the outcome of the story, and one might almost say there were multiple climaxes. The setting had a very big effect on the main character, and in a way changed the story. I enjoyed this book a lot and hope that if you choose to buy it, you will enjoy it too.

A pity that it is out of print.

When I first read this book, I was hopeful that it was evidence that there was hope for the slowly slipping quality of the Black Stallion series. I was wrong but that doesn't eclipse the quality of this book. Farley finally faces off the Black and his son, Satan, but in a race for their lives. A little slow in the beginning but with a thrill-packed ending. Highly recomemded. If I ever run into the person who got the bright idea to pull it off the presses, I will definately give him a piece of my mind.

Awsome

I love this book. It is so exciting! All of the small details, like the borrowed water bucket, lead up to the biggest race of Alic Ramsey's life. Which stallion is fastest?

The Black is once more Alec's horse but at what cost.

Abu Ben Ishak, the arabian owner of Shetan, dies while riding Shetan, the Black as Alec calls him. In his will, he gives the horse back to Alec. Alec learns of how he had died and is sadden by the death of the Sheik. He later learns of the race that he had placed Shetan in. Alec decides to keep the Black in the race until the day that the Black attacks another race horse on the track; makes Alec remove him from the race. It is a race that no one will see. For the others realizes that the race that they been entered in has been cancelled for one of the other racehorses has become ill with a deadly disease and is soon put down. All the horses were removed from the track to another location where soon a forest fire now threatens the very lives of those horses and Alec. It is a race for their very lives as they flee the forest fire.