num_pages: 246
description: When Naomi's absent mother resurfaces to claim her, Naomi runs away to Oaxaca, Mexico with her great-grandmother and younger brother in search of her father.
language: English
title: Becoming Naomi León
titlecomplete: Becoming Naomi León
genres: Middle Grade, Young Adult, Childrens, Chapter Books, Fiction, Cultural, Juvenile, Contemporary, Realistic Fiction, Family
ratings_count: 12693
awards: awardedAt: 1104566400000
name: Schneider Family Book Award
category: Middle School Book, awardedAt: 1136102400000
name: Vermont Golden Dome Book Award, awardedAt: 1167638400000
name: California Young Readers Medal
category: Middle School/Junior High, awardedAt: 1104566400000
name: Tomás Rivera Mexican American Children’s Book Award, awardedAt: 1136102400000
name: Pura Belpré Award
category: Narrative, awardedAt: 1167638400000
name: Rebecca Caudill Young Readers' Book Award
publisher: Scholastic Paperbacks