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...
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...
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...
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.
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...
Beautiful writing, but not very kid-friendly.
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