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matociquala was right on the money when she said that Walter Farley is his own crackfic.
A boy named Steve whose black hair distinguishes him from Alec Ramsey, whose hair is red, previously discoveredSkull Azul Island and its secret hidden valley containing Flame, the wild red stallion, and other purebred Arabian horses in The Island Stallion, which I haven't yet read. He's back visiting Flame when an alien spaceship containing two alien tourists lands on Skull Azul Island, just as Steve is daydreaming about racing Flame-- something which he can never do without revealing the secret of Skull Azul Island and ruining everything for everybody. But lucky for him, one of the aliens just happens to be a big fan of horses and horse-racing, and is eager to set it up, with a magic bridle for Flame and liquid disguise for Steve, so Flame can race in an international contest and then safely return to Skull Azul Island without anyone ever learning where he came from.
No, really. No, really.
At first I thought, "Wow, Farley hates to use a normal plot device when a totally insane one would do." But the aliens, who can turn into birds or men in suits or pretty much anything else, turn out to be not just a handy device for getting Flame to race, but integral to the story-- and their arrival atSkull Azul Island is not a coincidence.
It's still kind of a whacky story, but it's a thematically coherent and poignant, if slightly preachy, whacky story, which is more than I had expected.
matociquala was right on the money when she said that Walter Farley is his own crackfic. A boy named Steve whose black hair distinguishes him from Alec Ramsey, whose hair is red, previously discovered
No, really. No, really.
At first I thought, "Wow, Farley hates to use a normal plot device when a totally insane one would do." But the aliens, who can turn into birds or men in suits or pretty much anything else, turn out to be not just a handy device for getting Flame to race, but integral to the story-- and their arrival at
It's still kind of a whacky story, but it's a thematically coherent and poignant, if slightly preachy, whacky story, which is more than I had expected.