The Dreamer

Pura Belpr Award Winner

A tender, transcendent, and meticulously crafted novel from Newbery Honoree, Pam Mu oz Ryan, and three-time Caldecott Honoree, Peter S s

From the time he is a young boy, Neftal hears the call of a mysterious voice. Even when the neighborhood children taunt him, and when his harsh, authoritarian father ridicules him, and when he doubts himself, Neftal knows he cannot ignore the call. He listens and follows as it leads him under the canopy of the lush rain forest, into the fearsome sea, and through the persistent Chilean rain on an inspiring voyage of self-discovery that will transform his life and, ultimately, the world.

Combining elements of magical realism with biography, poetry, literary fiction, and transporting illustrations, Pam Mu oz Ryan and Peter S s take readers on a rare journey of the heart and imagination as they explore the inspiring early life of the poet who became Pablo Neruda.

Binding Type: Hardcover
Publisher: Scholastic Press
Published: 04/19/2010
ISBN: 9780439269704
Pages: 372
Weight: 1.15lbs
Size: 7.50h x 6.20w x 1.40d
Award: Young Hoosier Book Award - Nominee
Award: NAPPA Gold Awards - Winner
Award: Americas Award for Children & Young Adult Literature - Winner
Award: Nautilus Award - Winner
Award: Capitol Choices: Noteworthy Books for Children and Teens - Recommended
Award: Nene Award - Nominee
Award: Charlie May Simon Children's Book Award - Nominee
Award: Boston Globe-Horn Book Awards - Honor Book
Award: Pura Belpre Award - Winner

Review Citations: Booklist 02/01/2010 pg. 44
Horn Book Magazine 03/01/2010 pg. 70
Publishers Weekly 03/15/2010 pg. 55
Kirkus Review - Children 03/15/2010
School Library Journal 04/01/2010 pg. 168
Voice of Youth Advocates 06/01/2010 - Recommended - Hard To Beat
Bulletin of Ctr for Child Bks 07/01/2010
New York Times Book Review 07/18/2010 pg. 15
Hornbook Guide to Children 07/01/2010 - Outstanding, Noteworthy In Style
Kirkus Best Children's Books 11/15/2010 pg. 10
Booklist Ed Choice Youth 01/01/2011 pg. 13
Shelf Awareness 01/01/0001

Accelerated Reader Quiz #/Name: 136779 / Dreamer
Reading Level: 4.6 / Interest Level: Middle Grade / Point Value: 4