When you act like and adult but get treated like a child, what else can you do but keep your wishes secret and pray that they'll come true.
This is the story of a twelve-year-old Miguel Chavez, who yearns in his heart to go with the men of his family on a long and hard sheep drive to the Sangre de Cristo Mountains -- until his prayer is finally answered, with a disturbing and dangerous exchange.
Review
"A memorable and deeply moving story of a family of New Mexican sheepherders, in which Miguel, neither child nor man, tells of his great longing to accompany men and sheep to summer pasture, and expresses his need to be recognized as a maturing individual." -- BL.
...And Now Miguel by Joseph Krumgold, Jean Charlot
Joseph Krumgold received the Newbery Medal for ...And Now Miguel. One of the few people to receive the medal twice, he was subsequently awarded it for his novel Onion John, also available in a Harper Trophy edition.
Publisher: HarperCollins (January 1, 1953)
Language: English
Hardcover: 256 pages
ISBN-10: 0690091184
ISBN-13: 9780690091182
Reading age: 10 years and up
Grade level: 7 - 9
Item Weight: 13.6 ounces
Dimensions: 5.38 x 0.89 x 8 inches
Young Adult - Juvenile Fiction | Classics
Young Adult - Juvenile Fiction | Social Themes | Adolescence & Coming of Age
Young Adult - Juvenile Fiction | Lifestyles | Farm Life & Ranch Life
Young Adult - Juvenile Fiction | Boys & Men
Young Adult - Juvenile Fiction | Hispanic & Latino
Young Adult - Juvenile Fiction | Family | General (see also headings under Social Themes)
LC Subjects:
-New Mexico -Shepherds
-Sheep
- Cultural Region | Southwest U.S.
- Demographic Orientation | Rural
- Ethnic Orientation | Hispanic & Latino
- Geographic Orientation | New Mexico
- Topical | Coming of Age
OCLC Number: OCLC#43493186
Awards: Newbery Medal | Winner | Children's | 1954
Dewey: FIC
LC Call Number: PZ7.K946
LCCN: 53008415
Lexile Level: 780