Thomas reviewed The dreamer by Pam Muñoz Ryan
Lectures on "The Dreamer" provide segues to discuss family, identity and wider social issues
5 stars
A blend of poetry and historical narrative that youthful learners found interesting and relatable.
Hardcover, 372 pages
English language
Published Jan. 13, 2010 by Scholastic Press.
A fictionalized biography of the Nobel Prize-winning Chilean poet Pablo Neruda, who grew up a painfully shy child, ridiculed by his overbearing father, but who became one of the most widely-read poets in the world.
A blend of poetry and historical narrative that youthful learners found interesting and relatable.