Becoming Naomi Leon /Pam Munoz Ryan.
- first edition.
- New York : Scholastic Press, (c)2004.
- 246 pages ; 22 cm.
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.
Schneider Family Book Award, Middle School, 2005. Pura Belpre Author Honor, 2006.
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Brothers and sisters--Juvenile fiction. Families--Juvenile fiction. Mexican Americans--Juvenile fiction.