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Summary: King of the Wind
Review: This is a very sad book. The end was alright but everything that Sham and Agba had to go through made me very frustrated. I also didnt like that Sham never got to race because he would have been very good at it. I wouldn't recommend this book.
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Summary: Pride and Devotion Prevail
Review: While many may pass it by as just another horse book, Marguerite Henry's 1949 Newbery Medal-winning classic is truly the story of the bond between a slave boy from Morocco and a horse that become the patriarch of centuries of Thoroughbred racehorses. Agba is a mute young groom in the Sultan of Morocco's vast stables. At the age of eleven, he and his beloved charge Sham, the Sultan's finest Arabian, are sent as a gift to the King of France, only to be scoffed at and left to pull the cook's cart to the market. Throughout the horse's miserable series of abusive ordeals, the faithful Agba sacrifices his own existence to protect and comfort Sham, who never fails to return his devotion.Beautifully descriptive of numerous cultures spanning Morocco, France, and England, the novel portrays the universal traits of kindness and cruelty in characters of high and low means. As heroic as the horse that maintains his pride in the face of humility is the boy. Agba's devotion is rooted in the special bond that comes from raising an animal, further reinforced by his inability to speak. He and Sham communicate silently, and become one when they are together. The novel will appeal not only to horse lovers, but to anyone who appreciates friendship and adventure.
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Summary: THE BEST BOOK EVER!!!!
Review: This is my favorite book!!!! I loved it!!! Everyone should read it, even people that aren't very interested in horses! This book is very good to read, once you start reading it, you can't stop. It is a wonderful book with a great theme. I would DEFINITELY reccomend this book to anyone!
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Summary: I loved this book
Review: this story was a very interesting, sorta cute book. I thought that the people in the story were very good at acting there role. But my faveorite thing in the book was Sham. He has the will power and the strength to win any race. This story has touched my heart and is just so cool.
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Summary: The Best!!
Review: I think this is the best book in the world!!!! Its all about one boy and his love of a horse> I think this book has a great ending and i recomend this book to anyone even if you dont like horses. But if you do that makes it even better!!!! READ THIS BOOK!!!!!!
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Summary: An ever-moving horse story
Review: Marguerite Henry's King Of The Wind receives newfound embellishment in a deluxe reprint edition illustrated by Wesley Dennis and worthy of gift-giving. The black and white drawings lend character and intimacy to this ever-moving horse story.
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Summary: An old lady's view.....
Review: i read this book when i was nine and it was brand new. It has always been on my list of wonderful stories. The bare bones of the story ARE true... wonderfully imagined by the author. And what is so compelling? It is the story of a boy who can not speak for himself... though there isn't much that gets by him. He is a stanger in a strange land. He has a wonderful, spectaculor treasure right out in front of everybody and yet no one sees it. Then, in the thrilling climax, the horse's worth is recognised and our hero is established. Ahh, so close to the situation the imaginative child finds her/himself in. This story is especially poignent after the events of September 11, 2001. What would Agba make of it? (...) They are very proud people. Agba made me sensitive to this and friendly to his people my whole life long.
kind regards
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Summary: Great Book!!!
Review: I HAD TO READ THIS BOOK FOR A BOOK REPORT AND I THOUGHT IT WAS AMAZING!! MARGUERITE HENRY USES HER WORDS TO TEEL ABOUT SHAM SO WELL! I WISH I COULD HAVE BEEN AGBA. I WOULD DEFINITELY RECOMMEND THIS BOOK TO READERS.
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Summary: Great historical fiction for kids
Review: This book was given to me when I was barely eight years old, almost thirty years ago. I learned how to read books that took more than one sitting with "King of the Wind". The story is of a mute Morrocan stable boy, Agba, and a foal, Sham, who is born to one of the royal mares Agba cares for. Sham...and Agba...are selected to be part of a gift to the King of France. Their adventures in Europe are filled mostly with despair and cruelty, until Sham sires a foal that becomes the beginnings of the Thoroughbred breed we know today (this part is true; Sham was renamed "The Godolphin Arabian"; all Thoroughbreds must include in their pedigreeone of the three specific founding sires, and the Godolphin Arabian is one of them). There's a lot here: adventure, triumph over adversity, a respect for other cultures, the care of the creatures that share our lives, and a healthy dose of humor about the absurdities of the powerful or elite. As a kid, I eagerly devoured any Marguerite Henry book I could find. It's well worth it to get hard-cover editions that include the wonderful full-color illustrations by Wesley Dennis.
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Summary: Amazing Story
Review: This book I read when I was about 9 or 10. I still remember how well Marguerite Henry's imagination worked. This book is about a loyal horseboy and a beutiful Arabian named Sham who is as wild as a lion. In the beggining when Sham is born, with the white spot, his mother will die and she does. Sham almost dies too, but the horseboy saves him with camel's milk and honey. Sham and him grow up together and the one day gets called to the sultan. He sends the to Europe where they perform for the king. After a while they travel all over Europe going through tough times, fun times, and times when they are split up. During the story a cat joins them. Some people are happy to help them when they are in trouble and others cause the trouble. In all the books by Marguerite Henry, I feel as though when she wrote these, her imagination must have flew wildly. What I mean by that is her writing is amazing. Some people think her writing stinks, but in my opinion, she's great.
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