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Loading... Wild Girl (original 2009; edition 2011)by Patricia Reilly Giff
Work InformationWild Girl by Patricia Reilly Giff (2009)
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Sign up for LibraryThing to find out whether you'll like this book. No current Talk conversations about this book. Grades 3-5 Lidie has lived with her aunt and uncle in Brazil since her mother died, and her father and brother left to try to build a new life in New York. When she is 12, they send for her and she is excited to join them at the horse farm where they work. Lidie's acclimation to the United States is paralleled by that of Wild Girl, the filly that has just arrived at the farm. Horse lovers will enjoy the story, but it does fall a little flat compared to Giff's others. no reviews | add a review
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When twelve-year-old Lidie leaves Brazil to join her father and brother on a horse ranch in New York, she has a hard time adjusting to her changed circumstances, as does a new horse that has come to the ranch. No library descriptions found. |
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Wild Girl begins five years afterwards. Lidie is 12, and is finally going to live with her father and brother, who are working on a farm that raises and trains race horses in New York state. When she arrives, they have prepared a fine home for the 7-year-old they left behind, but not for the 12-year-old they get. Lidie is embarrassed by all the "babyish" things... the decor in her room, the clothes they've bought her, and to add to the struggle, she just barely speaks English, making communication at school or in town nearly impossible for her. Her solace is in the new horse, Wild Girl, brought to the farm. Like her, the new horse doesn't yet feel at home; so she feels a kinship with the young horse.
The horses are merely a vehicle for telling a story about belonging, and how a family that's been separated for several years struggles to become a family again. ( )