Title: The Horse and His Boy

Author: Lewis, C.S.

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Shasta, a 13-year-old boy, hopped on the horse named Bree, a talking horse from the land of Narnia, not having ridden one before. They were running away from their home because of their thoughts of being free. They wanted to live in the enchanted land of Narnia. On their trip they encountered many obstacles including meeting a 13-year-old princess named Aravis and her talking horse, Hwin. Aravis was going to have to marry, but she thought she was too young so she ran away also. They continued their journey together. One stormy morning they figured they would have to go through the largest city in the country, Tashbaan, to get into Narnia. When they walked through the tall gates, Shasta was mistaken for a prince, and Aravis was discovered running away from home by her elder princess friend. The horses and their riders got split up! Travel with Shasta, Bree, Aravis, and Hwin on their journey to freedom.

Rating:

Everything that needed to be described was, and it was well written and not overwhelming. C.S. Lewis described something with his senses on every page. For example, "At the far end of the bridge the walls of the city towered high above them and the brazen gates stood open in the gateway, which was really quite wide but looked narrow because it was so very high." He writes whit so much description.

The introduction was very well written but not as exciting as I thought it could be. The first sentence told about one of the characters. Not like BANG! There was a huge crash or something of that sort.

The events were very well organized, and they were exciting. Some of the events were not important, though. Some things didn’t have to do with the plot.

The book is in a series and the rest of the books do not fit very well. It is not a series like Harry Potter where it leaves off at one point and picks up at where it left off. The series of Narnia ends one book, starts the next one off telling about the book before, and then says while that was happening this began, and so on. I think it would be better to continue the story and not switch around. The switching makes it harder to understand. Maybe C.S. Lewis was trying to show many different things are happening in the world of Narnia at the same time.

It was such a "page turner." It had more details than the book before it, The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe. Each book is similar in detail but description is hard to think of when you write a chapter book. I think C.S. Lewis tries very hard, that’s why I like his books. It was a "page turner" because of its large amount of detail. [Julie]