The Horse and His Boy (Evergreen Library)

C. S. Lewis
2022-10-30T17:28:35-07:00

Shasta, a boy living in the kingdom of Calormen, where people wear curled shoes and turbans, overhears that his "father" is going to sell him as a slave, so he decides that he should run away. He meets a talking horse named Breehy-hinny-brinny-hoohy-hah, also known as Bree, and begin their journey for "Narnia and the north!". On the way, they encounter a girl named Aravis, the daughter of a Tarkaan, who is running away because her father is forcing her to marry a disgusting old man, who's also riding a talking horse! While passing through the great city of Tashbaan, the capital of Calormen, Shasta gets mistaken for the prince of Archenland and hears that Prince Rabbadash, the very important son of the Tisroc, wants to marry Queen Susan, and isn't going to let the Narnians go unless she marries him! Shasta also hears from Aravis that the prince is assembling a band of two hundred men to invade Archenland! Shasta will have to get to Archenland before Rabbadash! How will he manage? The book was exciting and funny, and the illustrations were good!