The dreamer /
by Pam Muñoz Ryan ; drawings by Peter Sís.
- 1st ed.
- New York : Scholastic Press, 2010.
- 372 p. : ill. ; 20 cm.
Includes bibliographical references (p. 371).
A fictionalized biography of the Nobel Prize-winning Chilean poet Pablo Neruda, who grew up a painfully shy child, ridiculed by his overbearing father, but who became one of the most widely-read poets in the world. Includes author's note about the poet.
9780439269988
2009010274
Neruda, Pablo, 1904-1973 --Childhood and youth--Juvenile fiction. Neruda, Pablo, 1904-1973 --Childhood and youth--Fiction.