The Dreamer -- Pam Muñoz Ryan, Paperback Children's Books/Ages 9-12 Graphic Novels a man of seventy

a man of seventy

and if I wasn't careful

unchecked capitalism

and survived with only my cleverness

including the males

The Dreamer -- Pam Muñoz Ryan, Paperback Children's Books/Ages 9-12 Graphic Novels a man of seventyPura Belpr Award Winner A tender, transcendent, and meticulously crafted novel from Newbery Honoree, Pam Muoz Ryan, and three time Caldecott Honoree, Peter Ss! From the time he is a young boy, Neftal 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, Neftal knows he cannot ignore the call. He listens and follows as it leads him under