6 Books: The Black Stallion by Walter Farley - Son of the Black Stallion, The Black Stallion and Satan, Black Stallion Mystery,The Black Stallion and Flame, The Black Stallion Legend, The Young Black Stallion (The Black Stallion Series Set Collection, Vol

While travelling with his father by ship, Alec begins his relationship with the black stallion on board. Alec befriends the stallion with handfuls of sugar, a kind act that no one else attempts because the stallion has proved to be dangerous. Although the Stallion is determined to batter down the walls of his stall, Alec persists because he dearly loves horses, and the Black is unlike any he has seen. The novel's thematic center is the relationship that forms between the caring, determined teenager and the unruly stallion. Layered into this relationship are themes of courageous self-reliance and maturation, beauty, nature, education, cooperation, and-on the other hand- competition.