Pinta el viento: (Spanish language edition of Paint the Wind) (Spanish Edition)

Not Ryan's best. "Esperanza Rising" is still my favorite. But a good addition to the horse story collection. When her Pasadena grandmother dies of a stroke, overprotected orphan Maya is sent to her grandfather in Wyoming, where she bonds with a wild mare named Artemisia.

I loved this book! The story starts with Maya being an orphan stuck inside her grandmother's house all the time. Her crabby grandma has a stroke and then Maya's second (or 3rd) life begins . . . she moves to Wyoming to live with her mother's relatives.

I really enjoyed how there are two stories -

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the story of Maya and the story of the paint mare, Artemesia and how they intertwine.

Munoz-Ryan got the "horsey" parts pretty much right . . . there were a couple things like Payton riding a "bucking bronco" that real ranching families would not say, but otherwise I think she did a great job.

I could not put this book down! I plan on this book being my next read-aloud for my class!

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After Maya's parents are killed in an accident, she goes to live with her grandmother. In an attempt to keep Maya safe, her grandmother controls every detail of her life and won't even allow her to talk about her mother. When her grandmother dies, Maya discovers that her mother's family had been

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kept away from her for years. She goes to live with them and discovers a whole new world of freedom and love.

Intertwined with Maya's story is the story of Artemisia, a wild horse who knew Maya's mother. As Maya and Artemisia learn to trust and depend on each other, Maya has a choice to make that will affect both of their lives forever...

Another wonderful, moving story from Ryan. Horse lovers will gobble this one up.

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Orphaned early, .Maya is one of those poor little rich girls who have almost everything they need except love. All Maya has left is a box full of plastic horses and one photo rescued from her grandmother's effort to destroy all traces of her mother. But when a stroke claims her grandmother, Maya

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discovers her mother's family not only isn't a batch of illiterate pig farmers, but actually wants her. In Wyoming she has aunts, uncles, and even a cousin - and their are horses!

Rather better than I expected after the sappy opening. The parts featuring Maya are very readable. The parts featuring Artemisia (the mare) are incredibly over the top. The behavior described may be horse behavior, but it's WAY to anthropomorphic. It distracts from the rest of the book.

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The book, Paint The Wind, by Pam Munoz Ryan, is about a girl, Maya, who has been living with her no-nonsense Grandmother (on her dad’s side) since both of her parents died in a car accident. She is practically imprisoned by her Grandma who absolutely hates Maya’s dead mom. She bars anything

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with any relation to her mom from the house.



Maya yearns to learn more of her mother, and the horses that her mom deeply loved. When her grandma dies a sudden death, Maya is sent to live with the family from her mothers side. Her grandma had always called them dirty hillbillies and that’s why she never took Maya to see them.



Maya learns that almost everything her grandma taught her was wrong. She learns to understand other people, like her cuz in Payton who acts very annoying but when she gets to know him she realizes now nice he is. She learns to love her Grandpa Moose, Uncle Fig, and Aunt Vi. And she learn to trust Artamasia, her moms horse. When the horse and get caught in a storm and are forced to live in wilderness they bond like glue.



Maya learns to be a better person and she learns a big lesson in life, to live a little.

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Now I will review Paint the Wind by Pam Munoz Ryan. This book is about a girl who must find the secrets of the past. Can she change from an elegant house girl to a rugged horse rider? And can this book be any girlier?

I think the main idea is that change is important. I think that because at first

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she was sad, but when her grandmother died and she went to her uncle's home, she was happy.

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This is a beautiful novel of love, loss, redemption, and lies. Maya transforms from a pathological and manipulative child into a strong, centered girl with the help of her mother's family and her relationship with a wild mustang, Artemisia. This book should appeal to many young people who are

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enthralled with horses and the Wild West (I'm fairly certain all girls go through a horse stage). However, the first and third chapters of the book can be off putting - they are a vivid and detailed description of a horse giving birth:
" The amniotic sac appeared, and through the taut pearly film, a hoof could be seen...and as the upper body of the foal delivered, the filmy membrane separated."
Although there is nothing untoward in the descriptions, it is still startling to begin a book in this manner - and it may discourage more squeamish readers.

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Pam Munoz Ryan writes a beautiful story about Maya an eleven-year-old girl who loses her parents and goes to live with her paternal grandmother who blames Maya's mother for everything that happened to Maya's father. Maya escapes her grandmother's bitterness with weekly trips to the library to read

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about the thing she loves most, horses. After her grandmother suffers a fatal stroke, Maya is sent to live with her maternal grandparents in Wyoming where she develops a relationship with Artemisia, a tobiano Paint horse.
Ryan presents this story in third person which alternates between Maya and Artemisia. She hooks us into the story by writing about characters that any young girl could relate too, especially those that are horse lovers.

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Another great book by this talented author! This was a read aloud to 4th and 5th grade students. Everyone enjoyed it very much!

A horse story of the best kind. Beautifully told with lots of knowledge about horses. Descriptions of the west are realistic. This is also the horses's story as well as 11 year old Maya. Characters well done.

Eleven year old Maya lives with her grandmother because her parents died when she was young. Her grandmother is strict and she blames Maya's mother for the death of Maya's dad. Then her grandmother dies of a stroke and Maya goes to live with her maternal grandparents. Maya develops a special bond

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with a horse named Armetisia. Maya's mother had a special bond with Armetisia too.

I liked that Maya and Armetisia had a bond because I like love animals. I did not like that Maya's paternal grandmother was so strict and hated and blamed Maya's mother for her father's death.

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Paint the Wind was very good and filled with action. It also kept you interested. I couldn't seem to put it down. Suspensful is a good word for it. It made me feel like I was a character in the book; it seemed like I was there. On top of that, it's memorable. Rating - 5 stars due to excellent

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writing

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Short sections told from the point of view of a wild mare are set among chapters about Maya. Maya has been raised for most of her 11 years by her father's mother, who is rich, demanding, and negative about Maya's mother. When her grandmother dies she is reluctantly sent to her mother's relatives

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She learns to trust those around her and her young memories of her mother come alive in this new setting. Disaster strikes as she is attempting to rescue the wild mare whose herd has been captured by federal agents.
Munoz-Ryan writes with emotional fidelity, vibrant description, and dramatic action. Many facts about horses and horsemanship are interwoven in the story, and a glossary at the end is sure to please every horse-crazy youth.

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