Lidie's Wild Girl

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Wild Girl is not what it sounds like. The main character, Lidie, was from Jales and then moved to New York to finally be reunited with her father and brother after five years. Meanwhile there is a foal that was born and then taken away from her mother and brought to a strange place. From there the foal, Wild Girl, was now a strong filly and taken to another new strange place where it was cold instead of warm. Lidie’s father bought Wild Girl for Lidie once she learned to ride since the name reminded him of her. Lidie’s mother would always call Lidie her Wild Girl. Lidie was a very strong, fierce, and difficult girl who looked like her mother but acted like her uncle and father. She had a difficult time with the transition of Jales to New York

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