Name: The Dreamer
Rating: 4.125 (8 reviews)
ISBN: 9780439269704

Peter Sís

Pam Muñoz Ryan

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. Includes author's note about the poet.

The Dreamer

Nadine 

Wonderful - loving Munoz Ryan more and more the more I read of her. Gives a fictionalized account of the young Pablo Neruda based on early documents and essays - beautifully written explaining the difficulty growing up with an intolerant and tyrannical father.

Jeni Enjaian

It's not often that I could use a single word to describe a book. I can with this one. 

Beautiful. 

I did not want the story to end. Ryan, as usual, perfectly captures the child's voice. The story is strongest when Neftalí is youngest. She also does a brilliant job, in conjugation with the illustrator, of weaving Neruda's poetic mysticism through the entire book. 

I cannot say more than that I strongly recommend that everyone, no matter their age, read this book.

The Dreamer

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