Wild Girl

After Lidie's mother dies, her father and brother immigrate from their native Brazil to the US, leaving Lidie behind with her aunt and uncle. Lidie is happy enough with her aunt and uncle, riding her uncle's horse, but she longs to be reunited with her family. After years of hard work and scrimping and saving, Lidie's father and brother, Rafael, send for her to join them in America. Excited, but nervous, Lidie embarks on... Read Full Review

My 9 year old son and I read this book together. He couldn't put it down and didn't want it to end. I struggle to get him to read with me, especially chapter books, but this one was perfect for him. It was a simple story line with some new words for him. "If your child loves horses they would love this," my son says. Great!

Twelve-year-old Lidie has spent the past several years imagining what life in America would be like. Her father and older brother, Rafael, have lived in America ever since her mother died when Lidie was seven. Although they left for New York after the incident, Lidie stayed behind in Brazil with her aunt and uncle, waiting for her father to send for her. Now it's time for Lidie herself to head to America, and she has mixed... Read Full Review

WILD GIRL tells of Lidie, who lives in Brazil and dreams of going to live with her father and older brother in New York. When she's twelve she leaves to join her family at their stable job at a famous racetrack - and her story and that of a foal born on a farm and journeying to its new home provides a concurrent saga of facing change.