Riding Freedom

A reissue of Pam Munoz Ryan's bestselling backlist with a distinctive new author treatment. In this fast-paced, courageous, and inspiring story, readers adventure with Charlotte Parkhurst as she first finds work as a stable hand, becomes a famous stage-coach driver (performing brave feats and outwitting bandits), finds love as a woman but later resumes her identity as a man after the loss of a baby and the tragic death of her husband, and ultimately settles out west on the farm she'd dreamed of having since childhood. It wasn't until after her death that anyone discovered she was a woman.

Pam Munoz Ryan was born and raised in the San Joaquin Valley and has always been fascinated by California's rich history. She has written several picture books, including A Pinky Is A Baby Mouse, an American Bestseller Pick of the Lists; and California, Here We Come. Riding Freedom is her first novel. A former teacher and an avid speaker on writing and literacy, she lives in Leucadi, California, with her family.