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Pam Munoz Ryan

PAM Muñoz Ryan is the author of more that thirty books for young readers, including four beloved novels, Riding Freedom, Esperanza Rising, Becoming Naomi León, and Paint the Wind, which collectively have garnered, among countless accolades, the Pura Belpré Medal, the Jane Addams Award, and the... show more

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Rashika, The Book Owl rated it

12 years ago

text The Dreamer

I just finished the book and I am still trying to wrap my mind around this wonderful piece of work I just read. The only thing I can think of right now is.. How is this book for middle grade readers? This book has so much sorrow in it, it hurts but it also has so much hope. The innocence of our main...

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the book doctor rated it

12 years ago

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Occasionally you come across a book which trembles in your hands because it is brimming with life and words and dreams bursting to escape into reality. The line between the book and you is blurred: everything Neftali says or does becomes part of you. Or you are just realizing it has always been a pa...

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afterwhat rated it

13 years ago

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Neftali Reyes is a dreamer. He's small and skinny, absentminded, a collector of twigs and rocks and discarded shoes. The window to his room might suddenly fill up with waves, the ceiling might drop away so that he can fly up, into the stars. And he's a writer. A writer of individual words, at fi...

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Kaethe rated it

14 years ago

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I wanted to love it, or at least like it. Becoming Naomi Leon was a favorite book from last year. I just couldn't get into it. The Dreamer was such a dreamy character, I had a hard time grasping a hold of him.

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Kim Reads Books About Things rated it

15 years ago

text The Dreamer (Ala Notable Children's Books. Older Readers)

Maybe my craziness shows when I say this book seemed like it would be nearly impossible to do well, but I am going to be completely honest. The idea of a fictionalized biography sounds like just about the worst type of book in history. It is hard to make an interesting story that can basically be de...

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