Riding Freedom, Pat Lessie
Riding Freedom, Pat Lessie
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Riding Freedom

Author: Pat Lessie, Pam Muñoz Ryan

Narrator: Melissa Hughes

Unabridged: 2 hr 21 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Published: 08/01/2011

Synopsis

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.

About Pam Muñoz Ryan

Pam Muñoz 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 Belpré Medal, the Jane Addams Award, and the Schneider Family Award. She lives near San Diego.

About Melissa Hughes

Melissa Hughes’ career began in radio, where she was a staff announcer, DJ, and voice-over artist. Working in England for many years, she starred in the BBC Radio drama Trouble Brewing, appeared in numerous plays, and created the screams for the character of Lois Lane, as well as other voices in the film Superman.

Reviews

Goodreads review by Lena on October 26, 2014

Riding Freedom starts a bit slow, but by the end, I wished there was more. Maybe the author kept it short for a young audience, or maybe there's just not a lot known about our subject, Charlotte/Charlie, the heroine of this historical fiction/biographical novel. Whatever the case, I was left with qu......more

Goodreads review by Rachel on September 22, 2020

4.5 stars Wow, I can finally say that after 20 years that I finally read “Riding Freedom.” This was one of the books to read in my school’s library when I was in 2nd and 3rd grade. It was so popular to the point where I couldn’t get a copy unless I bought it from a book fair. I remember reading a bio......more

Goodreads review by Casie on June 02, 2014

This book is about a girl that is stuck at an orphanage only because the person in charge of the orphanage keeps on hiding her when it comes to the day of adoption. So everyone thinks the orphanage has only boys when it actually has one girl along with the boys. She eventually runs away and spends m......more

Goodreads review by Hallie on March 23, 2020

3.5......more

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