What Joa is Reading & Other Stuff

Book reviews...from picture books to adult books, as well as books-to-movie info, and other stuff I think is interesting. Note: Not all books reviewed or recommended are appropriate for all ages.
JANUARY 6, 2011
Enjoyed reading Wild Girl

I just finished reading Wild Girl by Patricia Reilly Giff, which is on this year's Battle of the Books list for Lenihan/MACS and thought it was really a great book.

The novel tells the story of a spirited girl, Lidie, who is finally moving to the United States from a small farm in Brazil, to join her father and her older brother. Lidie was left behind to live with her aunt and uncle, while her father worked in the horse training and racing industry to build a life after Lidie's mother died.

Lidie is so excited to finally be united with Pai (her father), and her brother Rafael, but the transition is harder than she imagined. Much like the filly, Wild Girl, Lidie has been taken away from everything she'd ever known and thrust into a strange world.

While there is a horse on the cover of this book, and life on a horse ranch is part of the plotline, the real story here is how Lidie begins to know her father and brother again and find her place in her new world. I think people of all ages would enjoy this story.

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