Riding Freedom (Scholastic Signature)

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Summary: ATTENTION ALL HORSE LOVERS!!!!
Review: After my 9-year old checked this book out of her school library and finished it within one week because, in her words, "I couldn't put it down" and "It's the best book I've every read", she wanted me to read it for myself. I finished it within three hours because I too couldn't put it down. The author pulled me completely into Charlotte's world and I felt her joy, sorrow and anger. As a woman, I learned of a great historical figure and hope my daughter will feel empowered to make a mark on her world as Charlotte did!

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Summary: Book review for Riding Freedom
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Pam Munoz Ryan has written over 25 books. She writes most of her books for young adults. The book Riding Freedom won the national willa Cather award. Pam wrote Riding Freedom as a realistic fiction book. Th major theme throughout this book is freedom is never too far to grasp. She ran away and got a boy disguise just so she could be with horses. That was freedom for Charlotte. In mid 1800's there was a girl named charlotte Parkhurst. She was an orphan because her parents died in a wagon accident. Luckily she was thrown and brought to safety. "Kirkus says that this story flows along effortlessly". He thinks Riding Freedom is credible and entertaining.
Brian selnick the illustrator shows a great illustration on the front cover. This picture relates to the story because there's a picture of charlotte and her horse called Freedom. Pam Ryan connects pictures to words in her book Riding freedom.
Charlotte wasn't like most girls her age. She had wild hairspring out of her brown braids. She wore a ribbon tied around her waist. Ebeneezar Balch was one of the major characters throughout this book. Charlotte lived temporally in ebeneezars barn. Charlotte was to work for him everyday. Then there was Mr. Millshark. He was the mean orphanage counselor. Charlotte was running from from him throughout the whole book. If you want to know want happens to charlotte parkhurst you'll have to read he book "Riding Freedom".

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Summary: Khalea at Ashley River Creative Arts Elementary School
Review: I give this book 5 stars because the illustrations were very creative and Charlotte Parkhurst really looked like a boy when she cut her hair. It looked so real. I think Pam Munoz Ryan did a great job on this fantastic book! So did Brian Selznick! I think third, fourth and fifth graders should read this book. I learned that Charlotte had to change into a boy named Charlie and she lost an eye. I liked the parts when the man was aiming a pitchfork at her face and when one of the horses had a foal and named her Freedom, in remembrance of Riding Freedom! I love this book!

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Summary: Riding Freedom
Review: I recommend this book to anyone who likes to read because it tells about friendship and it has to do with things that happened back a long time ago. It was a very interesting book and a good story about friends and how they come together once again. Charlotte and Hay were friends and then drift apart and eventually find each other. The friendship they first had is redeveloped again. This is a good example of a lasting friendship as Charlotte said, " Good-bye Hay. I'll find you. We're gonna have a ranch, remember? With a big ol' sign that says Private Property. Remember?" Another example is when charlotte was talking to Vern and didn't want to run away from the orphanage because she thought she would be loosing a great friend. "I won't forget you Vern." I also learned that when Charlotte got her own place she got to see her best friend again because he came to live with her. If you are interested in reading a book about the 1800s and what would happen to woman in that time, read this book.

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Summary: Breath taking adventure story based on true events
Review: In the 1880's Charlotte "Charley" Darkey Parhurst took a lifetime adventure. Raised in an orphanage of all boys, Charlotte had a hard life working in the kitchen and was stuffed in the potato bin in the kitchen so she wouldn't be adopted. Life is bearable but once her best friend is adopted and she's left alone, she decides to do something about it. Charlotte loves horses and runs away and becomes a stable boy. While working there, her boss, Mr. Ebeneezer, teachers her how to be a coachman. To make her living and have a successful life she poses as a man and becomes a stage coach driver. Traveling from Massachutes to California, posing as "Charley" allows her to attain her dream of owning her own land. She is even the first woman to vote in the 1868 California presidential election, even though she is poseing as a man. This is a fictionalized biography with excellent drawings by Brian Selznick. Students who love horses will not be able to put this book down, as well as those who love adventure. This is a breath taking adventure story based on true events that readers grades 4 and up can appreciate.

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Summary: Riding Freedom
Review: Riding Freedom By: Pam Ryan Riding Freedom is a story about a girl that runs a way from a orphanage. Charlotte starts to work for a carriage comp. but she has to turn in to a boy to keep working there. When the companion moves to rode island she gets hit in the face by a wild mustang. She is brought in to the doctor and the doctor finds out that she is a woman. The doctor says that she will not be able to drive the horses ever again. more than ever she wished she would of stayed back were she was with freedom but then she remembered that freedom had died. When she got back she wanted to ride a horse again she kept trying and trying until she knew everything about the roads. This is a very good book about a girl and horses. I would recommend this book for someone who likes a adventure book about a girl who runs a way from her orphanage. This a really good book to read.

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Summary: Honsetly an Awsome Book
Review: When I was in 4th grade I hade to write a book report on any book i wanted. I chose this book because the book cover really caught my attention. I like this story because of how the author inputted a real character in history in the book, Six-Horse Charlie. It's like a peice of history. The main character shows that she isn't afraid to be brave and adventourous. The really cool thing I like about the book is that Charlotte changed her name to Charlie so when she voted no one knew that she really was a she. It turns out that she was the first woman to vote before any other woman. Riding Freedom is one of the most fasinating book I have ever read.