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Becoming Naomi Leon /Pam Munoz Ryan.

By: Material type: TextTextPublication details: New York : Scholastic Press, (c)2004.Edition: first editionDescription: 246 pages ; 22 cmContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • unmediated
Carrier type:
  • volume
ISBN:
  • 9780439269698
  • 9780439269971
Subject(s): LOC classification:
  • PZ7 .B436 2004
  • PZ7
Online resources: Available additional physical forms:
  • COPYRIGHT NOT covered - Click this link to request copyright permission:
Contents:
A paddling of ducks -- A skulk of foxes -- A lamentation of swans -- A memory of elephants -- A charm of hummingbirds -- A school of fish -- An unkindness of ravens -- A burden of mules -- A shiver of sharks -- A schizophrenia of hawks -- A flight of swallows -- A passel of todays -- A drey of squirrels -- A sleuth of bears -- A leap of leopards -- A piteousness of doves -- A team of horses -- An exaltation of starlings -- A pride of lions -- A cry of hounds -- A crash of hippopotami -- A brood of chicks -- A murmuration of tomorrows.
Awards:
  • Schneider Family Book Award, Middle School, 2005.
  • Pura Belpre Author Honor, 2006.
Subject: 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.
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Juvenile Book (10-day checkout) Juvenile Book (10-day checkout) G. Allen Fleece Library JUVENILE COLLECTION Fiction PZ7.R9553Be 2004 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) Available 31923001441886

A rabble of yesterdays -- A paddling of ducks -- A skulk of foxes -- A lamentation of swans -- A memory of elephants -- A charm of hummingbirds -- A school of fish -- An unkindness of ravens -- A burden of mules -- A shiver of sharks -- A schizophrenia of hawks -- A flight of swallows -- A passel of todays -- A drey of squirrels -- A sleuth of bears -- A leap of leopards -- A piteousness of doves -- A team of horses -- An exaltation of starlings -- A pride of lions -- A cry of hounds -- A crash of hippopotami -- A brood of chicks -- A murmuration of tomorrows.

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.

COPYRIGHT NOT covered - Click this link to request copyright permission:

Schneider Family Book Award, Middle School, 2005.

Pura Belpre Author Honor, 2006.

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