Becoming Naomi Leon

Pam Muñoz Ryan

okt 2004 · Penguin Random House Audio · Loeb: Annie Kozuch

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"I always thought that the biggest trial in my life was my name, Naomi Guadalupe Zamora Outlaw, but little did I know that it was the least of my problems, or that someday I would live up to it."

One evening, everything Naomi has known with Gram and her little brother begins to unravel. Naomi's mother wants to kidnap her. Gram is willing to go to the end of the earth to save Naomi, but will that be enough? A quiet life in Lemon Tree, California, becomes a runaway journey to find an estranged father in exotic Oaxaca, Mexico.

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PAM MUÑOZ RYAN has written over 25 books for young people including the novel, Esperanza Rising, winning of the Pura Belpré Medal, the Jane Addams Peace Award, and ALA Top Ten Best Book for Young Adults, and an Americas Award Honor Book. Her novel Riding Freedom has garnered many awards, including the national Willa Cather Award and the California Young Reader Medal. She was born and raised in Bakersfield, California, and received her bachelor's and master's degrees at San Diego State University. She now lives in north San Diego County with her husband and four children.