I liked this book a lot! it's about a really brave girl who runs away from the orphanage and cuts her hair to make her seem like a boy. the whole story is about her relationship with horses and how everyone thinks shes a boy. sad but good story!
Riding Freedom
By Pam Munoz Ryan
| Interest Level | Reading Level | Reading A-Z | ATOS | Word Count |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Grades 4 - 8 | Grades 2 - 5 | P | 4.5 | 20041 |
Extensively researched, this fast-paced historical novel about Charlotte (Charley) Parkhurst combines all the known facts of a daring woman's colorful life in the Wild West with Pam Munoz Ryan's own spirited imaginings Ages 8-12. Pub: 2/98. .
Publisher: Scholastic Paperbacks
ISBN-13: 9780439087964
ISBN-10: 0439087961
Published on 9/1/1999
Binding: Paperback
Number of pages: 144
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It's a book about a girl whose parents died and is taken in by some orphanage and since she is the only girl the kitchen lady wants her to cook and clean and through the book she loves riding horses in memory of her parents then since nobody would adopt her because of the mean kitchen lady she decided to escape and she did she made it to this town where she got to do what she loved: taking care of horses in the remembrance of her parents and while doing this she was brave, braver than any of the boys there doing that job before he, but she was the best!