Paint The Wind by Pam Munoz Ryan

This is a stirring horse story, by the same author who wrote Esperanza Rising. Maya had previously been used to a life where her grandmother had fired housekeepers for not pointing the pitcher handle the correct way, and would make Maya switch schools for not getting one hundred percent on a spelling test. When Maya’s grandmother passes away, however, she is sent to live with family she did not even know existed and her story changes forever.