Bøger af Sarah Hawkes Valente

As a child, Andrew Montoya spent his summers in the untamed mountains of Northern New Mexico. Now he raises his three children there. As he looks forward to his children's futures, he writes stories that embody a father's heart-adventure seeking and full of love. Set in the same high desert that the author calls home, Lilly's Ride is the heart-warming tale of a young girl's path to strength, conviction, and self-discovery. Lilly's journey from childhood to womanhood is an unconventional pilgrimage aided by her faithful horse and an unlikely benefactor. Growing up without a mother isn't easy, but with the help of her father and family, and the two best friends a girl could ever have, Lilly will find a way that is wholly and uniquely her own.

Mary Ellen Rutherford is not like other girls, at least not like the ones that she knows. Her knees are scraped, and her clothes are worn from endless outdoor adventures. Girls pick on her for being different, and she begins to wonder if she'd be better off as a boy. When she admits her worries to her mother, her mother knows just what to do. Mary Ellen's mother tells her a very old story with a life-changing message for Mary Ellen and all the brave little girls like her.