{"id":16336,"date":"2012-02-24T09:37:39","date_gmt":"2012-02-24T14:37:39","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/bookdragon.si.edu\/?p=16336"},"modified":"2018-06-11T15:47:01","modified_gmt":"2018-06-11T19:47:01","slug":"the-dreamer-by-pam-munoz-ryan-illustrated-by-peter-sis","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/apa.si.edu\/bookdragon\/the-dreamer-by-pam-munoz-ryan-illustrated-by-peter-sis\/","title":{"rendered":"The Dreamer by Pam Mu\u00f1oz Ryan, illustrated by Peter S\u00eds"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/apa.si.edu\/bookdragon\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2012\/02\/Dreamer.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-27648 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/apa.si.edu\/bookdragon\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2012\/02\/Dreamer-634x800.jpg\" alt=\"Dreamer\" width=\"634\" height=\"800\" srcset=\"https:\/\/apa.si.edu\/bookdragon\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2012\/02\/Dreamer-634x800.jpg 634w, https:\/\/apa.si.edu\/bookdragon\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2012\/02\/Dreamer-800x1009.jpg 800w, https:\/\/apa.si.edu\/bookdragon\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2012\/02\/Dreamer.jpg 1268w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 634px) 100vw, 634px\" \/><\/a>&#8220;On a continent of many songs, in a country shaped like the arm of a <em>guitarrista<\/em>, the rain drummed down on the town of Temuco [Chile],&#8221; the invitingly dreamy\u00a0<em>Dreamer<\/em> begins. Neftal\u00ed Reyes, the eponymous dreamer, is most content to live in a world of stories, ideas, and the smallest things that seem to overtake his never-resting imagination.<\/p>\n<p>He lives in constant fear of his overbearing father, who seems to have nothing but hurtful insults and disappointed impatience for his younger son. Thankfully,\u00a0Neftal\u00ed finds emotional shelter with his nurturing stepmother Mamadre, and his younger sister Laurita. But even they cannot guard against Father&#8217;s rants against anything but the practical: he&#8217;s\u00a0already forbidden a music career for Neftal\u00ed&#8217;s\u00a0talented older brother Rodolfo, trampling his soul. And Father is scathingly clear about the little regard he has for the brave journalism of Mamadre&#8217;s brother\u00a0Orlando\u00a0\u2013 whom Neftal\u00ed idolizes\u00a0\u2013\u00a0with which Uncle Orlando is tirelessly fighting for the rights of the abused, indigenous peoples.<\/p>\n<p>In spite of his father&#8217;s bullying, Neftal\u00ed manages to find moments of grace. He befriends a widowed swan, experiences first love, finds purpose in his first job helping his uncle in (and out of!) his newspaper office. He finds his own voice as a writer &#8230; and claims his identity as separate from his father when he names himself <em>Pablo Neruda<\/em>, &#8220;to save Father the humiliation of having a son who is a poet.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Yes,\u00a0Neftal\u00ed Reyes is the real name of the legendary Nobel Prize-winning poet Pablo Neruda. With spare evocative prose from\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.pammunozryan.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">Pam Mu\u00f1oz Ryan<\/a>\u00a0and whimsical pointillist illustrations by\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.petersis.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">Peter S\u00eds<\/a>, the dynamic duo use Neruda&#8217;s haunting, formative years to create a gorgeous biographical novel of remarkable depth. Young readers will surely experience\u00a0Neftal\u00ed&#8217;s fear, his longing, his joy, his aching, his gratitude, his unconditional love &#8230; and, most of all, his hope that his words would eventually make &#8220;hearts eager to feel all that he could dream.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><strong>Readers<\/strong>: Middle Grade<\/p>\n<p><strong>Published<\/strong>: 2010, 2012 (paperback reprint)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&#8220;On a continent of many songs, in a country shaped like the arm of a guitarrista, the rain drummed down on the town of Temuco [Chile],&#8221; the invitingly dreamy\u00a0Dreamer begins. 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