Title: Becoming Naomi Léon (http://www.pammunozryan.com/becoming-naomi-leon/)

Author: Pam Muñoz Ryan

Illustrator: n/a

Publication date: 2004

ISBN number: 9780439269971

Genre: Fiction

Approximate interest level: Grade 4-8

Approximate text level: Grade 5-8

Narrative annotation: Naomi is a Latina girl who lives with his grandma. After her alcoholic moms comes back into her life, she struggles to keep her family together and searches to find her father who is in Mexico.

Selected Purpose: Readers can explore the Mexican culture and gaining insight of the life people have in addition to the struggles that families face. Students will gather knowledge on how families are diverse.