Becoming Naomi León (Americas Award for Children's and Young Adult Literature. Commended) - Hardcover

Ryan, Pam Muñoz

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0439269695 ISBN 13: 9780439269698

Publisher: Scholastic Pr, 2004

Synopsis

Happily living with Gram and her little brother at the Avocado Acres Trailer Rancho, talented soap carver Naomi Soledad Leon Outlaw, labelled by her classmates as "nothing special," finds her life forever changed by the return of her mother, who has been gone for seven years.

About this title

About the Author:

Pam Munoz Ryan is the recipient of the NEA's Human and Civil Rights Award and the Virginia Hamilton Literary Award for multicultural literature. She has written more than thirty books which have garnered, among countless accolades, the Pura Belpre Medal, the Jane Addams Award, and the Schneider Family Award. Pam lives near San Diego. You can visit her at www.pammunozryan.com.

From the Back Cover:

From the award-winning author of ESPERANZA RISING comes this riveting novel about family and identity that will leave a deep impression on your heart.

About this edition

• Publisher: Scholastic Pr
• Publication date: 2004
• ISBN 10: 0439269695
• ISBN 13: 9780439269698
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 246