This story is about love and bonding between a horse and a girl . Story also reveals about human relationship, admiration and conflicts. Vicky, a teenage girl and her step mother Jennifer or jenny have a tremendous attachment for their horse  black beauty. When it dies, they try to search for it in another horse which exactly looks like black beauty.
This story guides every human being how to control one’s emotion and sentiment. It shows us a practical way to go ahead in life overcoming the various problem we face.
Lord Fordham a colorist and a owner of an estate in England ,wants custody of his granddaughter victory or Vicky as she is fondly called as Vicky losses her mother during her childhood, her father Nigel denning marries again to a veterinary doctor Jennifer or jenny. Lord Fordham is unhappy his son-in-law second marriage and his wish to take Vicky to New Zealand. Victoria, being a strong headed girl but is not convinced by either of them. She feels that her grandfathers unwillingness to part with her is not because of love but because of possessiveness and hatred towards jennny. Vicky doesn’t want to be with her father as he has little time to spend with her.
Vicky was totally devastated having to choose between her grandfathers. Although she didn’t have any love for her father, she doesn’t want to stay with her grandfather. Lord Fordham disliked jenny so much that he hires another vet from neighboring estate. But slowly jenny become popular vet among the people as she would prescribe best and affordable medicine. Vicky feels that jenny is lucky in more than a way as she sees more of her dad than herself.
Vicky displays her character of braveness when she succesfully cathces mr. Barret who’s involved poaching and saves seth cradon from being wrongly charged. But this create an enemy out of barred.
In the mean time vicky also starts feeling fond of jenny’s father, dr. Garden, who is a distinguised gentleman of the estate. He always supports vicky and jenny to know each other better and to become closer. As time passes. Vicky settles down comfortably with them. But one day she gets information of her father’s ship being lost. During that time jenny consoles her and plays a role of a mother as well as a friend to vicky. In her journey to rescue her father, Vicky meets several people who help her, like Samuel burten and Manfred. In the end, she wins and gets her dad as well as black beauty.
In this story the character i liked the most is jenny. Inspite of being a step mother she loves Vicky a lot and supports her at every step of her life. She switches between the role of a mother, a guide and a friend very easily and convincingly. And the character i disliked were of Mr.Barret and Mr.Coats. They never understand the love between Vicky and black beauty and always try to harm black beauty.
Overall the story is very good. It conveys a good message of loving the animals. It also teaches us to be a firm with our decision. I strongly recommend this book for reading. It’s a must read for everyone!!
AUTHOR : ALOK PANDEY
PUBLISHED BY: SHWETA AGARWAL
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