| Yo, Naomi León (Becoming Naomi Leon) Contributor(s): Ryan, Pam Muñoz (Author) |
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ISBN: 0439755727 ISBN-13: 9780439755726 Publisher: Scholastic en Espanol OUR PRICE: $8.09 Product Type: Paperback Language: Spanish Published: October 2005 Annotation: Naomi Soledad Leon Outlaw has had a lot to contend with in her young life, her name for a start. Then, there are her clothes (sewn in polyester by Gram), her difficulty speaking up, and her status at school as "nobody special." But according to Gram, most problems can be overcome with positive thinking. And with Gram and her little brother, Owen, life at Avocado Acres Trailer Rancho in California is happy and peaceful...until their mother reappears after seven years, stirring up all sorts of questions and challenging Naomi to discover who she really is.Spanish title: Yo, Naomi Leon |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Juvenile Fiction | People & Places - United States - Hispanic & Latino |
| Dewey: FIC |
| Lexile Measure: 750 |
| Physical Information: 0.7" H x 5.32" W x 7.62" (0.38 lbs) 272 pages |
| Themes: - Ethnic Orientation - Hispanic |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: The highly anticipated new novel from the Pura Belpre and Jane Addams Peace Award-winning author of ESPERANZA RISING now in Spanish.Naomi Soledad Le n Outlaw ha tenido que enfrentarse a mucho en su corta vida, empezando por su nombre. Tambi n est el problema de su ropa (hechas por su abuela en tela de poli ster), su timidez y la fama que tiene en la escuela de no ser nadie especial. Pero seg n su abuela, la mayor a de los problemas se solucionan con mentalidad positiva. Y su vida, junto a su abuela y su peque o hermano, Owen, en el parque de casas m viles Avocado Acres, es tranquila y feliz... hasta que su mam aparece luego de siete a os, creando confusi n y retando a Naomi a que averig e qui n es. |