2012 Puddly Awards
 
 
Follow us on TwitterFollow us on FacebookFollow us on TumblrSubscribe to RSS

Recently Viewed clear list

Original Essays | February 8, 2012

Kent Hartman: IMG A Raider by Any Other Name

1 comment By Kent Hartman

Perhaps you are aware of the fact that there is an oddly popular trivia game floating around that a group of clever (and likely bored) college... Continue »
  1. $18.19 Sale Hardcover add to wish list

    The Wrecking Crew: The Inside Story of Rock and Roll's Best-Kept Secret

    Kent Hartman 9780312619749
spacer
Free Shipping!

Ships free on qualified orders.
$2.95
Used Trade Paper
Ships in 1 to 3 days
Add to Wishlist
Qty Store Section
6 Burnside Children's Middle Readers- General

Riding Freedom (Scholastic Signature)

by Pam Munoz Ryan

Riding Freedom (Scholastic Signature) Cover

ISBN13: 9780439087964
ISBN10: 0439087961
Condition: Standard
All Product Details

 

Synopses & Reviews

Publisher Comments:

Charlotte Parkhurst never acted like most other girls. She climbed trees and fought with the boys and worked in a stable. She had a way with horses that was like nothing folks had ever seen.

In the mid-1800s, some people didn't think it was proper for a girl to behave like Charlotte, and they tried to stop her. But Charlotte was smart, and she came up with a plan that would let her live her life the way she wanted — a plan so clever and so secret that almost no one figured it out.

A top-notch horse rider, a legendary stagecoach driver, the first woman to vote in the state of California and probably the United States, Charlotte Parkhurst, known as Charley, was a real person with a larger than life story. Pam Munoz Ryan's fast-paced historical novel combines the documented facts of Charlotte's life with her own spirited imaginings, and Brian Selznick's drawings celebrate the pluck and originality of this brave and colourful character. Together author and artist rescue a little known heroine from oblivion and bring her vividly alive for young readers.

Synopsis:

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.

Synopsis:

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.
back to top

What Our Readers Are Saying

Add a comment for a chance to win!
Average customer rating based on 1 comment:
Kristyne King, May 8, 2006 (view all comments by Kristyne King)
If you like horses you'll think this is a very good book. It shows how a girl can do what she wants by dressing and living almost her whole life like a boy. In this book Charlotte (the girl) is growing up in an orphanage. The people in the town she lives in thinks it's not proper for a girl to work in stables with horses. So she runs away and starts her life as a boy. It's a wonderful book! Jessica King's Mom
Was this comment helpful? | Yes | No
(3 of 5 readers found this comment helpful)
report this comment
back to top

Product Details

ISBN:
9780439087964
Author:
Ryan, Pam Munoz
Publisher:
Scholastic
Illustrator:
Selznick, Brian
ill.:
Selznick, Brian
Author:
Selznick, Brian
Author:
Munoz Ryan, Pam
Location:
New York :
Subject:
California
Subject:
Fiction
Subject:
History
Subject:
Girls
Subject:
Historical - United States - 19th Century
Subject:
Children's 9-12 - Fiction - Historical
Subject:
Biographical - United States
Subject:
Mistaken identity
Subject:
California History 1850-1950.
Subject:
Children s Young Adult-Biography
Copyright:
1998
Edition Description:
Mass Market Paperbound
Series:
Scholastic Signature
Series Volume:
al-juz® 9
Publication Date:
19990931
Binding:
TRADE PAPER
Grade Level:
from 4 up to 7
Language:
English
Illustrations:
YES
Pages:
144
Dimensions:
7.63 x 5.25 in
Age Level:
08-12
back to top

Other books you might like

  1. $2.95 Used Trade Paper add to wish list

    Just Juice (Scholastic Signature)

    Karen Hesse 9780590033831
  2. $2.50 New Trade Paper add to wish list

    Day of the Blizzard

    Marietta D. Moskin 9780590300926
  3. $3.95 Used Trade Paper add to wish list

    Ramona Quimby, Age 8 (Avon Camelot Books)

    Beverly Cleary 9780380709564
  4. $6.50 New Trade Paper add to wish list

    Stealing Freedom

    Elisa Carbone 9780440417071
  5. $3.50 Used Trade Paper add to wish list

    Time Stops for No Mouse (Hermux Tantamoq Adventures #01)

    Michael Hoeye 9780698119918
  6. $1.95 Used Trade Paper add to wish list

    Surviving the Applewhites

    Stephanie S Tolan 9780064410441
back to top

Related Aisles

Riding Freedom (Scholastic Signature) Used Trade Paper
0 stars - 0 reviews
$2.95 In Stock
Product details 144 pages Scholastic - English 9780439087964 Reviews:
"Synopsis" by ,
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.
"Synopsis" by , 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.
spacer
spacer
  • back to top
Follow us on...


Powell's City of Books is an independent bookstore in Portland, Oregon, that fills a whole city block with more than a million new, used, and out of print books. Shop those shelves — plus literally millions more books, DVDs, and eBooks — here at Powells.com.