Fern dreams of riding on a wild horse's back, as fleet as the wind. She makes pets of small animals and watches the bison herds as they pound over the endless grasses of the steppe. Chafing at the inequality of being female, she longs for the freedom her twin brother enjoys to run free in the wilderness. One day in early spring, Fern secretly rescues a young horse mired in the bog, names her Thunder, and tames her enough to ride, claiming the horse as her own. But the people of Fern's tribe are distrustful of her bond with nature. Is she a witch? Does she weave her spells on animals? Fern's future looks bleak until a silent man in a rival tribe, known only as The Nameless One, teaches her about patience--and love.

Susan Williams's lyrical prose makes this journey to prehistoric western Asia at once inspiring and heart wrenching.

Susan Williams Beckhorn
author & illustrator
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WIND RIDER
Laura Geringer Books, October, 2006

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"Compelling and beautiful, Wind Rider is a masterpiece about a girl and a horse in prehistoric times."

        —Jean Craighead George, author of the Newbery Medal winning Julie of the Wolves

"Wind Rider is a moving exploration into the way in which horses may have been tamed, which young adult readers will enjoy."

        —Jean M. Auel, author of The Clan of the Cave Bear

   

BOOKLIST starred review.

KLIATT starred review.

Wind Rider has been selected by Book Sense (the national organization of independent booksellers) for its Winter 06-07 Children's Picks List.

Wind Rider has been selected for the ALA's Amelia Bloomer List of literature which promotes equality for women.

Wind Rider has been selected as the winner of the Univeristy of Rochester's 2008 Andrew Eiseman Award in the young reader's category.

Wind Rider has won the 2008 Mountains and Plains Independent Booksellers Association Regional Book Award in the children's category



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