The story “ Paint the Wind “ by Pam Ryan is about 11 years old Maya and her great adventure at her aunt Vi’s horse camp. But let’s start at the beginning, Maya’s parents drove into the side of a mountain, unfortunately, they both died when Maya was very young. For most of her life was spent living with her grandmother who didn’t accept anything but perfection. One evening though during breakfast grandmother had a massive stroke.

        Maya moves to Wyoming with her mother’s side grandpa and aunt and uncle. She stays at camp with aunt Vi and her dreaded cousin Payton while grandpa and uncle stay on the ranch. Maya and Payton soon manufacture a horrid relationship. But they end up befriending each other once again going through aunt Vi’s cruelty. Aunt Vi softens when Maya admits she unlatched Wilson, Payton’s horse’s cage. Later Aunt Vi takes both Payton  and Maya to see the horse Artemisia. Artemisia was aunt Vi’s horse that got separated from the rest. But they could never get her.

          One day when Payton and aunt Vi were out Maya saw Artemisia she went over to try and get her. Soon enough there was a landslide and Artemisia and Maya got swept miles away from camp. Will the two make a good team and get safely back to camp? Or will everything go wrong for Maya and Artemisia?

The book Paint the Wind is a good book for many reasons. To begin, it has interesting characters. Payton, Maya, Aunt Vi, and grandmother all have unique personalities. Also, I have mixed feelings about Maya. She can be mean but she can be very likable too. Paint the wind is a good book.