About this title: Happily living with Gram and her little brother at the Avocado Acres Trailer Rancho, talented soap carver Naomi Soledad Leon Outlaw, labelled by her classmates as "nothing special," finds her life forever changed by the return of her mother, who has been gone for seven years. An ALA Notable Book. R
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Description: Good. Light shelf wear and minimal interior marks. Millions of satisfied customers and climbing. Thriftbooks is the name you can trust, guaranteed. Spend Less. Read More. read more
Description: Good. Light shelf wear and minimal interior marks. Millions of satisfied customers and climbing. Thriftbooks is the name you can trust, guaranteed. Spend Less. Read More. read more
Description: Good. Light shelf wear and minimal interior marks. Millions of satisfied customers and climbing. Thriftbooks is the name you can trust, guaranteed. Spend Less. Read More. read more
Description: Good. Light shelf wear and minimal interior marks. Millions of satisfied customers and climbing. Thriftbooks is the name you can trust, guaranteed. Spend Less. Read More. read more
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Description: Good. Shows some signs of wear, and may have some markings on the inside. Shipped to over one million happy customers. Your purchase benefits world literacy! read more
Description: Acceptable. Shows definite wear, and perhaps considerable marking on inside. Shipped to over one million happy customers. Your purchase benefits world literacy! read more
Description: Good. Shows some signs of wear, and may have some markings on the inside. Shipped to over one million happy customers. Your purchase benefits world literacy! read more
Description: Good. Shows some signs of wear, and may have some markings on the inside. Shipped to over one million happy customers. Your purchase benefits world literacy! read more
Description: Very Good. Former Library book. Great condition for a used book! Minimal wear. Shipped to over one million happy customers. Your purchase benefits world literacy! read more
Description: Acceptable. Shows definite wear, and perhaps considerable marking on inside. Shipped to over one million happy customers. Your purchase benefits world literacy! read more
Description: Good. Shows some signs of wear, and may have some markings on the inside. Shipped to over one million happy customers. Your purchase benefits world literacy! read more
"I loved this book. The author does a great job with a plot that seems standard at the outset and taking us in a fresh direction that elevates our concern for the characters. Naomi de Soledad Leon Outlaw encounters her mother for the first time she can remember, and it leads to more than just your typical family renunion. Naomi ends up on a journey--literally and figuratively--as she tries to live up to her name. Mom has a new boyfriend, and wants to get reconnected with Naomi, even though Naomi and her brother Owen have only known their great-grandmother (Gram) as their primary caregiver for their entire life. I loved Ryan's choice of setting and her use of the wood-carving theme in Naomi's life. The extended family in the trailer park where she lives play an important role in helping Gram make the best choices for Naomi and Owen. The cultural elements are woven gracefully into the story, so that instead of seeming foreign, they seem colorful and alluring. I would recommend this book to all readers ages 9-12, not just girls. The excitement that builds as the plot develops would keep boys interested, and the eventual climax at a holiday festival offers lots of discussion points for all children."
"Wow! This book was intense and a lot of things were happening with the characters. I wanted to keep finding out what was going to happen with Naomi. The main character, Naomi has a strong bond with her disabled brother and grandmother. The two children have been living with the grandmother for a long time. One day, her alcoholic mom reappears after seven years with her boyfriend. The mother was hoping to take Naomi and not the brother to collect welfare. The grandmother was very upset to hear about this and made sure it didn't happen. The family decides to drive across the border to Mexico to search for the father. After reading this story, I was disgusted with the mother. Whatever happen to being a good role model to your children? The mother was buying all these ravishing gifts, such as, bikes and fancy clothes. What these kids need is not gifts but LOVE from their MOTHER! I couldn't believe she had put these kids through this! The grandmother was the best primary guardian for these children. The grandmother was loving and caring and protected the children from bad things happening to them. I was very proud of Naomi for standing up for herself to her mother and the court.
Overall I enjoyed this story because as a reader I was able to share Naomi's fear about her future. As I was reading, I imagined myself as Naomi. I felt the pain that she had to go through with her mother. I thought about how I would feel if I didn't see my mother in seven years. Naomi had real changed and grew to understand herself better."
"Becoming Naomi Leon is the story of Naomi Soledad Leon Outlaw, a young Hispanic girl who lives her great-grandmother and younger brother Owen. The three live happily in a trailer park in "Baby Beluga," their trailer home. Owen, her brother was born with some medical difficulties. Naomi lives a carefree life in Avocado Acres Trailer Rancho. She loves to go to school and to eat lunch in the library. Naomi also makes lists about everything she encounters. Life is good for Naomi and her family until the day her mother returns to her life. Naomi must come to terms with a mother who has never been there for her before, and who has been in and out of rehab for drinking problems. Naomi desperately wants to believe that her mother has changed and wants Naomi. However, she quickly learns that her mother has ulterior motives and wants to take Naomi away from her beloved Gram and Owen. The family flees their comfy home to go to Oaxaca, Mexico to find her father. In Mexico, Naomi is exposed to her Mexican heritage and learns about life, honesty, love and the true meaning of family. Readers will mesmerized by Naomi's adventurous and positive look on life, even in the face of difficulty."
"Another YA project book. I really enjoyed this book, and it has been on my to-read list for a long time. Great book about family. This book is the story of Naomi Soledad Leon Outlaw, who lives with her slightly disabled brother Owen and her great-grandmother after her mother left them there seven years ago. She is quiet and loves to make lists (I do too, so I think that's why I identified with her). She is also very talented at carving animals out of soap, something that we learn her dad used to do when she was little. Her mother suddenly comes back and wants to get to know her again, and at first Naomi is excited. But then she learns the real reason for her mother's (formerly Terri Lynn, now called Skyla) return: so Skyla and her boyfriend Clive can have a companion for Clive's daughter Sapphire and collect checks for keeping the two kids. Skyla doesn't want Owen because he's a "Funny Looking Kid." Naomi's grandmother has to think fast. So she decides to take the kids to Mexico to try to find their father, so he can stop Skyla. They go down to Oaxaca, Mexico, to their neighbors' relatives house. Naomi loves it down there and finds out that at the Night of the Radishes festival before Christmas, there is a huge carving contest and they carve giant radishes. She eventually finds her father and connects with him. Will they be to stay at Gram's house or will Naomi have to go with Skyla?"
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