{"product_id":"and-now-miguel-a-newbery-award-winner-9780064401432","title":"...and Now Miguel: A Newbery Award Winner","description":"\u003cp\u003eHe wanted to be treated like a man, not a child.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eEvery 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.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWhen his deeds go unnoticed, he prays to San Ysidro, the saint for farmers everywhere. And his prayer is answered . . . but with devastating consequences.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWhen 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.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis 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.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cul\u003e \u003cli\u003eCover illustration by Chris Miles\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eInterior illustrations by Jean Charlot\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eKrumgold, Joseph:\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e - \u003cp\u003eJoseph Krumgold received the Newbery Medal for ...And Now Miguel. One of the few people to receive the medal twice, he was subsequently awarded it for his novel Onion John, also available in a Harper Trophy edition.\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eCharlot, Jean:\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e - Jean Charlot was a master lithographer and muralist whose works are a part of the collections of the Museum of Modern Art and the Metropolitan Museum of Art.\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eKrumgold, Joseph:\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e - \u003cbr\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eJoseph Krumgold received the Newbery Medal for \u003cem\u003e...And Now Miguel.\u003c\/em\u003e One of the few people to receive the medal twice, he was subsequently awarded it for his novel \u003cem\u003eOnion John, \u003c\/em\u003ealso available in a Harper Trophy edition.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003eEt al...\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"HarperCollins","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50707110560018,"sku":"9780064401432","price":7.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_aa4c09a9-c5d5-4b12-b0d0-b9b2babe6165.jpg?v=1734494458","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/and-now-miguel-a-newbery-award-winner-9780064401432","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}