Black Beauty by Anna Sewell; Abridged by Lisa Church; Illustrated by Lucy Corvino; Afterword by Arthur Pober
	List Price:   $6.95 Unit Price:   $5.56 You Save:   $1.39 (20%) ISBN-10:   1402711441 ISBN-13:   9781402711442 Publisher:   Sterling Series:   Classic Starts Ser. Category:   Classics Pub. Date:   March 2005 Pages:   160 Format:   Hardcover; Cloth over boards Ages:   9 to 12 Grades:   4 to 6
Description/Notes
An abridged version of Black Beauty's experiences with both good and bad masters in nineteenth-century England. Following Sterling's spectacularly successful launch of its children's classic novels (240,000 books in print to date),comes a dazzling new series: Classic Starts. The stories are abridged; the quality is complete. Classic Starts treats the world's beloved tales (and children) with the respect they deserve--all at an incomparable price. Black Beauty is the classic horse story, a beautiful and touching tale told by the title character himself. Set in Victorian London, it follows Beauty's life and changing fortunes as he moves from owner to owner. As the horse encounters new experiences and new friends who reveal their own histories, the story quietly paints a fascinating portrait of how animals were treated during that era.