The Year of the Black Pony

by Walt Morey

Book Overview

The story of a boy's love for a pony is meshed with a family story.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0525434550
• ISBN13: 9780525434559
• Release Date: March 1976
• Publisher: E. P. Dutton
• Length: 152 Pages
• Weight: 0.80 lbs.
• Age Range: 11 years and up
• Grade Range: Grade 6 and higher

Customer Reviews

Another Great Horse Story!

I think that this book was a wonderful story, very good put together, about a boy who's dream pony becomes his and a broken family who slowly begins to grow as one. I love how Walt Morey makes having the pony, just a fantasy, but a dream comes true and it made me smile when the boy finally gets to grasp his dream upon all the hard times he was facing. Together, Chris and his pony, Lucifer, help out the family. Once you get within it's pages, you can't put it down. Another great horse story by Walt Morey!

WOW!!!!!

This book is very boring in the begining, but beleive me, it is worth reading to the end. It's about a boy who dreams of owning one of Sam Flecher's ponys, but that dream is quickly demolished because his father is accidently killed by a man named Frank Chase. Now, his widdowed mother had to try to rais the farm and family by herself, but finds it too hard and turns to her husband's accidenlal killer. After a few months of living with his new step father, who isn't that bad of a guy, Frank finds out about Chris's dream of owning the pony and gets it for him. Altho the horse is wild, Chris still trys to tame and break Lucifer , the pony, in and succeeds. Christmas falls and Chris is sent to get a present from town for his sister when on the way back gets lost and it is up to Lucifer to get them home. After they get home, Lucifer becomes very ill. Chris, Frank, and Mable (Chris's mom) stay up all night trying to make Lucifer better.Finally, after hard work and some home remidys, Lucifer is all better! Now, instead of being two familys who live together, they are like a family.