The highly anticipated new novel from the Pura Belpre and Jane Addams Peace Award-winning author of ESPERANZA RISING.
Naomi Soledad León Outlaw has had a lot to contend with in her young life, her name for one. Then there are her clothes (sewn in polyester by Gram), her difficulty speaking up, & her status at school as "nobody special." But according to Gram's self-prophecies, most problems can be overcome with positive thinking. Luckily, Naomi also has her carving to strengthen her spirit. And life with Gram & her little brother, Owen, is happy & peaceful. That is, until their mother reappears after 7 years of being gone, stirring up all sorts of questions & challenging Naomi to discover who she really is.
Becoming Naomi Leon by Pam Munoz Ryan
Pam Muñoz Ryan is the author of the New York Times Best Seller, ECHO, a 2016 Newbery Honor Book, and winner of the Kirkus Prize. She has written over forty books for young people—picture books, early readers, and middle grade and young adult novels. She the author recipient of the NEA's Human and Civil Rights Award, the Virginia Hamilton Literary Award, the Willa Cather Award, the Pura Belpré medal, the PEN USA award, and many others. Her novels include Esperanza Rising, Riding Freedom, Becoming Naomi León, Paint the Wind, The Dreamer, and Echo. She was born and raised in Bakersfield, California, holds a bachelor's and master's degree from San Diego State University and lives in north San Diego county with her family.
Publisher: Scholastic Press; First Edition (September 1, 2004)
Language: English
Hardcover: 246 pages
ISBN-10: 0439269695
ISBN-13: 9780439269698
Reading age: 9 - 12 years
Lexile measure: 830L
Grade level: 3 - 7
Item Weight: 14.4 ounces
Dimensions: 5.75 x 0.75 x 8.5 inches
Young Adult - Juvenile Fiction | Social Themes | General (see also headings under Family)
Young Adult - Juvenile Fiction | Family | Multigenerational
-Mexican Americans -Mexico
-Family problems -Brothers and sisters
-Great-grandmothers -Family
- Cultural Region | Mexican
- Ethnic Orientation | Chicano
- Geographic Orientation | California
- Topical | Family
OCLC Number: OCLC#816344951