A review by vtsarahd
Riding Freedom by Pam Muñoz Ryan

5.0

Beautifully written historical fiction. Charlotte is a girl who is orphaned early in her life and then sent to a boy's orphanage. She is able to run away and becomes a stagecoach driver. Pam Munoz Ryan does a great job of capturing the harsh realities of life at the time of the mid-1800s when Charlotte was around. Charlotte overcomes great adversity multiple times throughout the text, serving as a wonderful discussion starter for young readers. The character of Charlotte is partly based on an actual person, as Pam Munoz Ryan explains in her Author's Note. This is a great example of a strong female character for young girls.