The Black Stallion Challenged!

by Walter Farley

Book Overview

The Black Stallion is the fastest horse in America and he and his jockey, Alec Ramsay, are training for a big race. Suddenly there comes a new challenger- Flame! An unproven racer, the Island Stallion can run like the wind and his jockey, Steve Duncan, knows that Flame will give the Black the race of his life. But what neither Steve nor Alec know, is that these two stallions have met before, and they hate each other.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0394843711
• ISBN13: 9780394843711
• Release Date: March 1980
• Publisher: Yearling Books
• Length: 240 Pages
• Weight: 1.10 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 5.2" x 7.7"
• Age Range: 8 to 12 years
• Grade Range: Grades 3 to 7

Customer Reviews

The Black vs. Flame

The Black Stallion and Flame, I'm sure when Farley first wrote these books that many fans probably wrote to him inquiring when and if The Black and Flame would ever meet on the race track. I'd say the meeting of these two horses was even more anticipated then The Black racing his first son, Satan. In the book Steve Duncan is trying to win a boat load of money so that he can buy the Island where Flame lives. The story opens up with a letter he has sent to Alec Ramsey; Steve wants to meet Alec with the hopes of maybe having a match race between the Black and Flame. Alec really doesn't think anything of it, figuring Flame is just some small horse and that Steve is just dreaming like many boys who want to have the world's fastest horse. When Alec meets Flame it becomes a different story. In this story the Black is still recovering from a tender foot or at least Henry is being extra carefully The story is quite interesting and it will keep readers on their toes to see which horse sweeps across the finish line first. This book is the last time that Farley wrote about Flame and Steven Duncan, only the second time that The Black Stallion and The Island Stallion crossed over.

Can the Black win against Flame?

I was glued to the book the minute I picked it up. I was amazed at how well Walter Farley was able to place the story and help the readers understand what Alec feels when he is challened to race by Steve Duncan. You know what is going on all the time.I got the book for Christmas and I finished it before school started up again. Every aspect of it is good. If you just want to curl up with a good book, this is the one.I hope to be just as good a writer as Walter Farley. As far as horse books go, you can't get any better than him!

An Exciting and Thrilling Story!

I thought this book was captivating and it really pulled me in. When an unknown Island Stallion named Flame comes to the track and starts breaking records some believe that the Black has finally met his match! Can the Black win against this mysterious Island Stallion? You'll have to read The Black Stallion Challenged to find out!

One of the best Black Stallion Books.

I own almost all of the Black Stallion books. This is my personal favorite because of the exciting race between the Black and Flame.

one the the greatest Black Stallion books!

This is one of Walter Farley's greatest books! It's about the Black racing against Flame and who will win. Half of the crowd thinks Flame will win. This is the Black's greatest horse he has ever raced against. The only Black Stallion books as good or better than this one is The Black Stallion's Filly and The Black Stallion. I wish they would bring all of the Black Stallion books back out on print.