The Black Stallion Do you know the name of the book about a boy and a horse who get shipwrecked on an island? ItÕs The Black Stallion, and itÕs very exciting: A boy named Alec Ramsay is on a ship sailing from India to New York City. A wild horse is also on board. When a huge storm tears apart their boat, the wild horse tows the boy to safety on a deserted isle. Now the question is, Will they be saved!?