Taming the Star Runner (Laurel-Leaf contemporary fiction) - Softcover

Hinton, S. E.

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0440204798 ISBN 13: 9780440204794

Publisher: Bantam USA, 1989

Synopsis

Travis is the epitome of cool, even when he's in trouble. But when he's sent to stay with his uncle on a ranch in the country, he finds that his schoolmates don't like his tough city ways.

He does find friendship of a sort with Casey, who runs a riding school at the ranch. She's the bravest person Travis has ever met, and crazy enough to try to tame the Star Runner, her beautiful, dangerous horse who's always on edge, about to explode. It's clear to Travis that he and the Star Runner are two of a kind, creatures not meant to be tamed.

About this title

About the Author:

S. E. Hinton wrote her first novel, The Outsiders, when she was 16. She was the recipient of the ALA's first Margaret A. Edwards Award, which honors authors "whose books have provided young adults with a window through which they can view their world and which will help them to grow and to understand themselves and their role in society." The author lives in Tulsa, OK.

From the Inside Flap:

"A powerful story. . . . Travis is Everyteen: part insecure hell-raiser, part closet intellectual, prone to both sneers and tears. Hinton continues to grow more reflective in her books, but her great understanding, not of what teenagers are but of what they can hope to be, is undiminished."--"Kirkus Reviews
"An ALA Best Books for Young Adults
An ALA Quick Pick

About this edition

• Publisher: Bantam USA
• Publication date: 1989
• ISBN 10: 0440204798
• ISBN 13: 9780440204794
• Binding: Mass Market Paperback
• Number of pages: 181