Riding Freedom by Pam Munoz Ryan

Riding Freedom by Pam Munoz Ryan

Charlotte Parkhurst was raised in an orphanage for boys, which suited her just fine. She didn't like playing with dolls, she could hold her own in a fight, and she loved to work in the stable. Charlotte had a special way with horses and wanted to spend her life training and riding them on a ranch of her own. The problem was, as a girl in the mid-1800s, Charlotte was expected to live a much different life--one without the freedoms she dreamed of. But Charlotte was smart and determined, and she figured out a way to live her life the way she wanted. Charlotte became an expert horse rider, a legendary stagecoach driver, and the first woman ever to vote. And she did these things at a time when they were outlawed for women. How? With a plan so clever and so secret--almost no one figured it out.

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.

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ISBN 13	9780439087964
ISBN 10	0439087961
Title	Riding Freedom
Author	Pam Munoz Ryan
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Binding Type	Paperback
Publisher	Scholastic US
Year published	1999-09-01
Number of pages	138
Prizes	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
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