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Paint The Wind by: Pam Munoz Ryan List Price: $16.99 Childrens Bookshop Price: $11.55 You Save: $5.44 (32%)Prices subject to change. |
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Binding: Hardcover EAN: 9780439873628 ISBN: 0439873622 Label: Scholastic Press Manufacturer: Scholastic Press Number Of Items: 1 Number Of Pages: 336 Publication Date: September 01, 2007 Publisher: Scholastic Press Reading Level: Ages 9-12 Studio: Scholastic Press Sales Rank: 34035 Related Items:
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Editorial Review: Product Description: Maya is a captive. In Grandmother's house in California, every word and action is strictly monitored, and even Maya's memories of her mother have been erased -- except within the imaginary world she has created. A world away, in the rugged Wyoming wilderness, a tobiano Paint horse called Artemisia runs free, belonging only to the stars. She embodies the spirit of the wild -- and she holds the key to Maya's memories. How Maya's and Artemisia's lives intertwine, like a braided rein, is at the heart of this richly drawn adventure about captivity and freedom, about holding on and letting go. Average Rating:
 Rating: - Loved it!My 3rd grade daughter is a horse lover, and we were looking for a horse book that featured a girl when we found this one. We loved this story. I wasn't quite sure what the connection was with Artemesia at the beginning of the story. Maya's lying bothered me quite a bit as well. But I loved how it all turned out. To my daughter it was just a neat story with horses and scary parts and a happy ending. To me it was a work of art, weaving life lessons and even great art into a beautiful ... Read More: Rating: - A Teacher's PerspectivePaint the Wind features a young girl who has lost her parents and her primary caregiver, her paternal grandmother, before coming to live with her maternal family. Maya's grandmother was very protective to the point of sheltering her from the world. When she goes to live with her mom's family, she learns a whole new way of life, rides horses, and is caught in a survival situation in the woods after an earthquake. The story is fast paced at times, while also being slow and descriptive in places. ... Read More: Rating: - Good family-reading storyMy husband and I took turns reading it to our kids, age 6 and 8. We all enjoyed the story. The writing is quite nice, and the vocabularly is just right for an 8-year old, and OK for a 6-year old. There are quite a few "big" words that are good to explain to kids, but not so many that they can't understand the compelling story. I recommend it! Rating: - A beautifully written story filled with spirited characters and colorful descriptions of the amazing Wyoming landscapeEleven-year-old Maya has lived in the sterile and cheerless environment of her grandmother's regime for the past six years, ever since her parents died. And every single day she is reminded of her father's lost life by her grandmother who mourns his death with a crippling grief. Maya's mother, on the other hand, hovers only in the shadows of her memory, while her grandmother occasionally utters a horror or two about the woman who ruined his life. Maya only has a faded photo of her mother astride ... Read More: Rating: - Awesome book!I LOVED this book!!! It has enough "horsey person words" in it that you can tell a horse person wrote it. I highly recommend it to anyone under the age of 17. |
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