Status
Available
Call number
Call number
JF KRU
Description
A memorable and deeply moving story of a family of New Mexican sheepherders, in which Miguel, neither child nor man, tells of his great longing to accompany men and sheep to summer pasture, and expresses his need to be recognized as a maturing individual.
Awards
William Allen White Children's Book Award (Nominee — 1955-1956)
Newbery Medal (Medal Winner — 1954)
IBBY Honour Book (1978)
Great Reads from Great Places (New Mexico — 2002)
Books From All 50 States (and Washington, D.C.!) (New Mexico)