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cmwilso3's review against another edition
5.0
This was my absolute favorite book when I was a child. I probably read it fifty times when I was in elementary school, and now reading it as an adult was an indulgence. It was like eating chocolate. Always as good as I remember it to be.
leannarapier's review against another edition
4.0
I reread this book to my 9-year-old son as I remember loving it as a child. It's a charming story.
apochemu's review against another edition
3.0
Had my son read this for school and he loved it and wanted me to read it. I was obsessed with her book "Misty of Chincoteague" when I was a kid so I had high hopes for this one. It certainly wasn't bad, but not great either. I thought the relationship between the boy and the horse (and eventually the cat as well) was sweet. I enjoyed the high spirited horse and felt bad for all the trials he faced. Agba, the boy, was entirely devoted to his horse, which was nice but that's about it. There was zero character development. This story takes place over many years, but Agba never acts any different than at the very beginning. You'd never even know any time has passed. But I'm still glad I had my son read it because it teaches great lessons about friendship, devotion, and perseverance.
beautifulandfullofmonsters's review against another edition
3.5
Solid. Emotional moments about the attachments possible between a person and an animal. Not the most anti-racist text I’ve ever read.
what_ella_reads's review against another edition
5.0
I re-read this for the third time.
It is one of my favorite of Margurite Henry's books.
It is one of my favorite of Margurite Henry's books.
annalisenak97's review against another edition
5.0
The illustrations in this book. UGH. The only thing that could make them better is if they were in color and I could see them in all their original glory. The story of Agba and Sham is a good one, surprisingly respectful of a non-white, non-Christian setting, especially for the time period in which this book was written. The depiction of the horses is gorgeous and majestic.
kylauren1723's review against another edition
2.0
I enjoyed the part where they described the boy’s disability… and the illustrations weren’t half bad either. While the tale is charming it is also dull to a less interested reader as myself. I wanted the horse ‘Sham’ to have his chance as much as the next reader, but I think it would suffice to read the headline in the newspaper. For all you die-hard horse fans, perhaps your opinion will differ.
steenah's review against another edition
5.0
First book of the year my kids read for their homeschool reading/history lesson. Beautifully written and places importance on compassion for horses, geography, and overall human decency. We all loved this book, and have been drawing Sham, “The Godolphin Arabian,” and the loving boy who never left his side.
deranged_pegasus's review against another edition
5.0
A beautiful tale. The flash forward at the beginning an excellent introduction to the story.