The Horse and His Boy is one of seven novels within the Chronicles of Narnia series C.S. Lewis published in the 1950s. This beautifully written novel follows the adventures of a young boy and his talking horse, as they travel from the desert lands of Calormen to the beauty and magic of Narnia. Lewis' Chronicles of Narnia have been highly praised in the fifty years since their inception, and any reader of The Horse and His Boy can understand why.

After overhearing the man he calls father agree to sell him to a stranger, the young boy, Shasta, goes into the barn to find comfort among the animals. The stranger's horse is a fine war horse that Shasta greatly admires. Shasta rubs the horse's nose and whispers to him that he wished he could talk. The horse surprises the boy by admitting that he can...