The Horse And His Boy

Dear C.S. Lewis,
My name is Esther and I have read three books in your Chronicles of Narnia series. I have read “The Magician’s Nephew”, “The Lion the Witch and the Wardrobe” and finally the book I am writing to you about, “The Horse and His Boy”. This book was very good and hard to put down.

My favourite part of this book is when I found out Shasta the main character was twins with the prince Corin. Even though it was a bit obvious because they were mistaken for each other, I thought that they were totally different people. Shasta, was escaping from his fake dad (his dad was selling him to slavery) to Narnia with a Narnian horse, named Bree. Later, they met Aravis and another Narnian horse named Hwin. They encountered many troubles but when Shasta arrived in Narnia, he was crowned prince. I liked it because not only did he arrive to Narnia safely he also became royal. I also like this story because the problems were sudden and this story was full of adventure.

Although I really enjoyed the book there is one place I disliked. I disliked how Aravis was not nice to Shasta on their way to Narnia. I disliked it because Aravis did not even try to get to know Shasta. She just judged him because he was poor and wearing rags. Even though Aravis was rich she should not have looked down at Shasta even before getting to know him.

I would like to ask you a few questions about the story. What inspired you to write this story? How did you start writing? What was the easiest part to write in the book? What was your favorite part of the book? What’s the best thing about being an author?

“The horse and his boy” is an awesome book. I would really recommend it to anyone. I am really happy I read this book. Thank you for writing such an awesome book.

Sincerely,
Esther