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Black Beauty
Book Talk by: Jesper
Retold from the Anna Sewell original by Classic Starts
Hook
Black Beauty was a well-mannered and broken horse. He was sold to a man named Squire Gordon. Black Beauty went through many adventures such as fires and saving lives. Along the way, he had many owners as well. He was sold many, many times so stick around to find out about the adventures he had.
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Genre, Main Characters, and Settings
Genre, Main Characters, and Settings
Genre: Adventure-Realistic Fiction
There were many different characters and settings in Black Beauty. Here are just a few of them.
Characters
- Black Beauty (Main Horse)
- Merrylegs (Black Beauty's Horse Friend)
- Ginger (A horse that had habits of biting and became B.B's friend)
- Squire Gordon (First Owner that actually rode him)
- Jeremiah Barker (Another Owner)
- Farmer Thoroughgood and Grandson Willie (Friendly Owners)
- MANY MORE!!!!!!!!!
Settings
- Lots of stables
- Horse fair
- Town
Plot
Black Beauty was a horse that was taught good manners (no kicking or biting). His mother was called Duchess and he was called Darkie. One day he saw a man and horse accidentally shot. The horse was called Rob Roy. Darkie's mother was very sad. She had known him for a long time. Once Darkie was old enough, his owner started to break him. Then he was sold to a man named Squire Gordon. He was renamed Black Beauty.
His new owner, coachman, and groomer were really nice. He overheard his coachman and groomer talking and discovered that Rob Roy was his brother!!!
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The horse in the next stall was named Merrylegs who asked him if he bit or not (no). Merrylegs was a friendly horse. The horse next to Merrylegs had a very bad habit of biting and was called Ginger. One day Black Beauty was taking his master to work. It was raining hard and some places were even flooding!!! They came across a bridge while they were going home. Black Beauty sensed danger and stopped. His master urged him to move on. However, a man ran out and shouted that the bridge was broken in the middle! Squire Gordon realized that Black Beauty had saved his life.
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Once even Black Beauty was saved! He was at a hotel stable and a guy with a pipe walked in. During that night, the pipe started a fire. James, his groomer, bravely walked in the stable and saved him and Ginger. Another time, Black Beauty's mistress was sick. She needed medicine urgently. John, his coachman, rode Black Beauty to the doctor's house. The doctor borrowed Black Beauty and rode off. He was a bad rider and Black Beauty ached all over when he got back to his home. He had saved his mistress's life.
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After his Mistress got sick, her doctor said they needed to move to somewhere else so once again, he was sold. After getting sold, he was sold even more times. Some people were kind and nice. on the contary, some were harsh and lazy. Through out his adventures, he found out that not all people were as kind as Squire Gordon.
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Cliff Hanger and Ratings
Cliff Hanger and Ratings
Does Black Beauty survive his adventures?
Will Black Beauty ever find the owners he once loved?
Can he ever see Squire Gordon in his life again?
Read the book to find out!
Rating
I rate this book five stars!!!