- Paperback: 256 pages
- Publisher: Middle Grade; Reissue edition (April 4 1984)
- Language: English
- ISBN-10: 006440143X
- ISBN-13: 978-0064401432
- Product Dimensions: 19.4 x 13 x 1.3 cm
- Shipping Weight: 91 g
- Average Customer Review: 2.0 out of 5 stars See all reviews (5 customer reviews)
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: #670,466 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
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"A memorable and deeply moving story of a family of New Mexican sheepherders, in which Miguel, neither child nor man, tells of his great longing to accompany men and sheep to summer pasture, and expresses his need to be recognized as a maturing individual." -- BL.
--This text refers to the
Hardcover
edition.
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He wanted to be treated like a man, not a child.
Every summer the men of the Chavez family go on a long and difficult sheep drive to the mountains. All the men, that is, except for Miguel. All year long, twelve-year-old Miguel tries to prove that he, too, is up to the challenge'that he, too, is up to the challenge'that he, too is ready to take the sheep into his beloved Sangre de Cristo Mountains.
When his deeds go unnoticed, he prays to San Ysidro, the saint for farmers everywhere. And his prayer is answered . . . but with devastating consequences.
When you act like and adult but get treated like a child, what else can you do but keep your wishes secret and pray that they'll come true.
This is the story of a twelve-year-old Miguel Chavez, who yearns in his heart to go with the men of his family on a long and hard sheep drive to the Sangre de Cristo Mountains--until his prayer is finally answered, with a disturbing and dangerous exchange.
Winner, 1954 Newbery Medal
Notable Children's Books of 1953 (ALA)
1954 Junior Book Award (Boys' Clubs of America)
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and now Miguel,
A Kid's Review
This review is from: And Now Miguel (Paperback)
This book is so boring I can't believe I didn't burst in to tears reading it. I think that the author wasted his time and ink writing it. The illustrations were terrible and the people did not look like people. If someone read this book I would say they really did not know anything about reading. I would not recommend this book to anyone.
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Patrick Richview Middle,
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This review is from: And Now Miguel (Paperback)
The book I read was ..And Now Miguel. The book was about this kid who wanted to write poetry, but his dad didnt want him to because he thought men shouldnt write poetry . During the story Miguel sneaks behind his dad`s back and writes poetry for school. So when his teacher calls his house to tell his poetry.So when his dad finds out he gets furious at him and locks him in his room. When Miguel starts to write with his teacher at the end of the story. This was ok but i wouldnt read it again.
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REALISTIC, Historic Fiction for Readers with Patience,
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This Newberry Award winner is a classic that may best be appreciated by readers with patience for a slower lifestyle. This is not for action-adventure junkies waiting for a roller coaster ride of thrills and suspense. I enjoyed this book because I am familiar with the setting in Northern New Mexico around Taos, which is well described in the book. For hundreds of years ranch owners have sent their shepherds and sheep to the green grazing fields in the local mountains during the summer months. The desire to go to the mountains with the sheep would have been a common personal conflict with older children. As a work of realistic fiction, it portrays a real lifestyle with real dreams and conflicts in a time and place before our modern technology, noise, and adrenaline surges of a rushed, stressed based lifestyle. This book is for the sophisticated reader who is looking for a good story in a work of historical fiction.
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