The Horse and His Boy (The Chronicles of Narnia)

Lewis, C. S.

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9780062314574: The Horse and His Boy (The Chronicles of Narnia)

ISBN 10: 0062314572 ISBN 13: 9780062314574

Publisher: Harperfestival, 2013

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An unusual friendship leads to a wild gallop north for Narnia . . . and freedom.

Narnia . . . where horses talk and lions roam the desert . . . where four unlikely companions unite to save a kingdom.

Just when the boy Shasta is about to be sold into slavery, he makes a surprising friend—a talking horse! The two decide to run away north, to the land of Narnia. On the way they meet two other travelers as unusual as themselves. When they discover an evil plot to invade and conquer Narnia, the four companions' escape to freedom becomes a race against time and peril to save themselves and everything they have come to love.

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Review:

“The magic of C.S. Lewis’s parallel universe never fades.” The Times

“When I was ten, I read fairy tales in secret. Now that I am fifty I read them openly. When I became a man I put away childish things, including the fear of childishness.” C S Lewis

From the Back Cover:

'The Narnia Chronicles, first published in 1950, have been and remain some of the most enduring popular ever published.The best known, the Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe, has been translated into 29 languages! The illustrations in this book have been coloured by the original artist, Pauline Baynes.'

"How ever did you learn to talk?" asked Shasta in amazement.

"Where I come from, nearly all the animals talk," replied the Horse. "The happy land of Narnia." His whinny sounded very like a sigh.

Bree the horse has been kidnapped from Narnia and longs to return there. Shasta, on the verge of being sold into slavery, decides to run away with him in search of the home he's always dreamed of. But the journey is full of surprises and fraught with dangers, and when the companions uncover a treasonous plot, it also becomes a race against time...

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