Pam Muñoz Ryan
1) Echo
2016 Newbery Honor BookNew York Times BestsellerAn impassioned, uplifting, and virtuosic tour de force from a treasured storyteller!Lost and alone in a forbidden forest, Otto meets three mysterious sisters and suddenly finds himself entwined in a puzzling quest involving a prophecy, a promise, and a harmonica. Decades later, Friedrich in Germany, Mike in Pennsylvania, and Ivy in California each, in turn, become interwoven when the very same
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When Esperanza and Mama are forced to flee to the bountiful region of Aguascalientes, Mexico, to a Mexican farm labor camp in California, they must adjust to a life without fancy dresses adn servants they were accustomed to on Rancho de las Rosas. Now they must confront the challenges of hard work, acceptance by their own people, and economic difficulties brought on by the Great Depression....
4) Mañanaland
Newbery Honoree Pam Muñoz Ryan weaves an entrancing tale of courage and self-discovery.
"Uniquely magical...Timely and timeless." — New York Times* "This tightly packed, powerful fantasy contains resonant truths." — Kirkus Reviews, starred review* "Another unforgettable work from a master storyteller." — Booklist, starred review* "Richly tiered... wrenchingly real...compelling." — Publishers...5) The Dreamer
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. Under the canopy of the lush rain forest, into the fearsome sea, and through the persistent Chilean rain, he listens and he follows. . . Combining elements of magical realism with biography, poetry,
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