On Friday, a student came to the library to discuss the book, Paint the Wind by Pam Munoz Ryan.
http://novabradfield.blogspot.com/2009/08/horse-books-and-hormones.html
She said Artemisia was her favorite character because she was "wild and free". I told her that my heart broke when Artemisia's baby was found out in the wilderness, dead.
Then to my surprise, the student said "I didn't really get the point of the foal, and nether did my friends". This completely floored me. "What do you mean you didn't get the point of the baby horse??"
But I realized, that a 10 year old girl is wild and free too. And isn't that wonderful.
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