Taming the Star Runner

It was a pretty simple story… I liked it and probably would read it again.......more

While there was value in the plot, there were many disjointed moments. The book couldn't really pick a topic, and it felt like a few different stories were written at different times and then mashed together around a single MC. The tone and the styles felt completely different. This really messed wi......more

It's been a long time since I last visited this book. Taming the Star Runner is my favorite S.E. Hinton book after The Outsiders. It's not a horse book--not really. It's a book about Travis, a city kid in trouble. A writer. A cat person. A teenager who almost killed his stepfather and is lucky to be......more

This book is about a boy named Travis who almost kills his step dad and is sent to his uncle’s house. While he is at his uncles he finishes a book he is writing and finds a new part of him self. That he will never give up. Even when his step dad won’t let his mom sign the contract saying he can purp......more

S.E. Hinton is one of my favorite YA authors; I have read everything except Hawkes Harbor because I do not care for vampire stories. But her other novels I loved as a teenager, and once again in my middle age. I have reread her stories over last year and this year falling in love again with the stro......more