Title: Wild girl
First published: 2009
Description: A contemporary and irresistible story from Patricia Reilly GiffLidie lives in Jales, Brazil, where she's free to ride, to be a wild girl, and to dream of going to live with her father and older brother, Rafael, in New York City. Finally Lidie is 12--time to leave Brazil for New York.Meanwhile, a filly is born and begins her journey to a new home. As Lidie's story unfolds, so does the filly's.Lidie's father runs a stable at a famous race track, and Rafael is training to be a jockey. As much as they want to make Lidie feel welcome, they still think of her as the little girl they left behind. They don't even know what a strong rider she is, and that she's determined to befriend and ride the wild filly her father has just bought: Wild Girl.From the Hardcover edition.
Subjects: Fiction, Horses, Brazilian Americans, Homesickness, Immigrants, Family life, Juvenile Fiction, Families, Juvenile fiction, Children's fiction, Horses, fiction, Family life, fiction, Emigration and immigration, fiction, New york (state), fiction
Places: New York (State)
LC classification: PZ7.G3626 Wh 2009