The Dreamer

Pura Belpré Award Winner

A tender, transcendent, and meticulously crafted novel from Newbery Honoree, Pam Muñoz Ryan, and three-time Caldecott Honoree, Peter Sís!

From the time he is a young boy, Neftalí 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, Neftalí 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 Muñoz Ryan and Peter Sís 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.

Format: Paperback
Binding: Perfect-bound Paperback
ISBN: 9780439269988
Page Count: 384
Trim Size: 5-1⁄4 x 7-5⁄8
Pub Date: March 2012
Fiction / Nonfiction: Fiction
Ages: 9 - 14
Grades: 4 - 9
Imprint: Scholastic Paperbacks
Subjects: Creativity and Imagination, Fathers, Individuality, Poetry Writing, Self Image and Identity, Shyness, South and Central American
Genre: Biography and Autobiography, Poetry, Songs, Verse
Language: English
Guided Reading Level: GR Level V
Lexile® Measure: 650L
Return Restrictions: Strippable.