Taming the Star Runner Author:S. E. Hinton Travis is sent to his uncle's ranch to "straighten himself out". He becomes involved with a riding school and in particular Casey, the instructor. As Casey tries desperately to tame the almost demonic Star Runner, Travis finds himself being pulled against the destructive forces within himself.
Travis is the epitome of cool, even when he's in trouble. But when he's sent to stay with his uncle on a ranch in the country, he finds that his schoolmates don't like his tough city ways. They think he's a hood. What they don't know is that Travis has written a novel and sent it off to a New York publisher.
He does find friendship of a sort with Casey, who rusns a riding school of the ranch. She's the bravest person Travis has ever met, and crazy enough to try to tame Star Runner, her beautiful, dangerous horse who's always on edge, about to explode. It's clear to Travis that he and Star Runner are two of a kind, creatures not meant to be tamed.