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Riding Freedom Pam Munoz Ryan

Riding Freedom By Pam Munoz Ryan

Riding Freedom by Pam Munoz Ryan


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Summary

By the age of 12, Charlotte Parkhurst knows the world of the 1860s holds more opportunities for boys than girls. So she cuts off her hair, dons boys' clothing, and begins a new life that gives her many privileges, including the right to vote.

Riding Freedom Summary

Riding Freedom by Pam Munoz Ryan

A reissue of Pam Munoz Ryan's bestselling backlist with a distinctive new author treatment.

In this fast-paced, courageous, and inspiring story, readers adventure with Charlotte Parkhurst as she first finds work as a stable hand, becomes a famous stage-coach driver (performing brave feats and outwitting bandits), finds love as a woman but later resumes her identity as a man after the loss of a baby and the tragic death of her husband, and ultimately settles out west on the farm she'd dreamed of having since childhood. It wasn't until after her death that anyone discovered she was a woman.

Riding Freedom Reviews

"With a pacing that moves along at a gallop, this is a skillful execution of a fascinating historical tale." -Publishers Weekly, starred review

"Middle-schoolers will love the horse adventures and the stories of her trickery..."
--Booklist

"Youngsters who liked Caddie Woodlawn better unreformed and who appreciate an atmospheric blend of grit, gorses, and history will want to take a ride with Charley." -Bulletin of the Center for Children's Books

About Pam Munoz Ryan

Pam Munoz Ryan is the recipient of the NEA's Human and Civil Rights Award and the Virginia Hamilton Literary Award for multicultural literature. She has written more than thirty books which have garnered, among countless accolades, the Pura Belpre Medal, the Jane Addams Award, and the Schneider Family Award. Pam lives near San Diego. You can visit her at www.pammunozryan.com.

In addition to The Invention of Hugo Cabret, Brian Selznick is the illustrator of the Caldecott Honor winner, The Dinosaurs of Waterhouse Hawkins, and The New York Times Best Illustrated Walt Whitman: Words for America, both by Barbara Kerley, as well as the Sibert Honor Winner When Marian Sang, by Pam Munoz Ryan, and numerous other celebrated picture books and novels. Brian has also worked as a set designer and a puppeteer. When he isn't traveling to promote his work all over the world, he lives in San Diego, California, and Brooklyn, New York.

Additional information

GOR005303332
9780439087964
0439087961
Riding Freedom by Pam Munoz Ryan
Used - Very Good
Paperback
Scholastic US
1900-01-01
138
Winner of California Young Reader Medal (Intermediate) 2000 Winner of WILLA Literary Award (Young Adult) 1999 Winner of Grand Canyon Reader Award (Intermediate) 2000 Short-listed for Rebecca Caudill Young Readers Book Award 2001 Short-listed for Virginia Readers Choice Award (Elementary) 2001 Short-listed for Young Hoosier Book Award (Grades 4-6) 2001 Short-listed for Sasquatch Award 2001
Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary.
This is a used book - there is no escaping the fact it has been read by someone else and it will show signs of wear and previous use. Overall we expect it to be in very good condition, but if you are not entirely satisfied please get in touch with us

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