... and now Miguel
Author: Joseph Krumgold
Every summer the men of the Chavez family go on a long and difficult sheep drive to the mountains. All the men, that is, except Miguel. All year long, twelve-year-old Miguel tries to prove that he, too, is up to the challenge - that he, too, is ready to take the sheep into the beloved Sangre de Cristo Mountains.
When his deeds go unnoticed, he prays to San Ysidro, the saint for all farmers everywhere. And his prayer is answered ... but with devastating consequences.
Krumgold received the 1954 Newbery Medal for ...and now Miguel.
