becoming naomi leon

After reading Abagail's post about Becoming Naomi Leon, I found that we had a lot of the same ideas about the book. I, like Abagail wasinterested to see taht in this book it was the mother who had left the family, not the father. I agree that too often it is the fathers who are seen/portrayed as the neglectful/absent parent. This book in a way went against that stereotype. In addition, i wanted to mention that I was very proud of the fact that naomi did not want to leave her brother behind when her mother returned. I was glad that Naomi did not want to be separated from her brother. This book did a good job of showing how oftentimes children with disabilities are not wanted because they seem flawed, but at the same time showed that there are special people in the world such as Gram and Naomi that can give their love to all people despite differences. Overall I really enjoyed reading this book and would like to read others by Pam Munoz Ryan in the future.