Ryan, Pam Mu�noz.

Becoming Naomi Le�on / Pam Mu�noz Ryan. - 246 p ; 22 cm.

Wilson's Children, October 2006. Wilson's Junior High School, November 2005. Notable/Best Books (A.L.A.), January 2005. School Library Journal, September 2004. Book Links (A.L.A.), January 2009. Horn Book Starred, April 2005. Pub Weekly, September 2004. Kirkus Starred, September 2004. Booklist, September 2004.

When Naomi's absent mother resurfaces to claim her, Naomi runs away to Mexico with her great-grandmother and younger brother in search of her father.

5.8. 5-8. 830L Lexile. V Fountas.

Pura Belpre Award/Honors, 2006.

0439269695 (hardcover) 9780439269698

2004000346


Great-grandmothers--Juvenile fiction.
Brothers and sisters--Juvenile fiction.
Dysfunctional families--Juvenile fiction.
Mexican Americans--Juvenile fiction.
Brothers and sisters--Fiction.
Great-grandmothers--Fiction.
Brothers and sisters--Fiction.
Family problems--Fiction.
Mexican Americans--Fiction.


Mexico--Juvenile fiction.
Mexico--Fiction.

PZ7.R9553 / Be 2004

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