Kelly Reno was cast in a film based on a novel from what year?
The Black Stallion (film) The Black Stallion is a 1979 American film based on the 1941 classic children's novel "The Black Stallion" by Walter Farley. It tells the story of Alec Ramsey, who is shipwrecked on a deserted island with a wild Arabian stallion whom he befriends. After being rescued, they are set on entering a race challenging two champion horses.
The Secret River The Secret River, written by Kate Grenville in 2005, is a historical novel about an early 19th-century Englishman transported to Australia for theft. The story explores what might have happened when Europeans colonised land already inhabited by Aboriginal people. The book has been compared to Thomas Keneally's "The Chant of Jimmie Blacksmith" and to Peter Carey's "True History of the Kelly Gang" for its style and historical theme.