New York: Scholastic, (2004) dj. Hardcover first edition - A novel for older children by this award-winning writer. " 'I always thought that the biggest trial in my life was my name, Naomi Guadalupe Zamora Outlaw, but little did I know that it was the least of my problems, or that someday I would live up to it.' One evening, everything Naomi has known with Gram and her little brother begins to unravel. Naomi's mother wants to kidnap her. A quiet life in Lemon Tree, California, becomes a runaway journey to find an estranged father in exotic Oaxaca, Mexico." Named an ALA Notable Children's Book and many other honors. 246 pp. ISBN: 0-439269695.