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Pam has written over forty books for young people, including picture books, picture books for older readers, early readers, and the novels Esperanza Rising, Becoming Naomi León, Riding Freedom, Paint the Wind, The Dreamer, and most recently, Echo, a New York Times Bestseller.
She is the author recipient of the NEA's Civil and Human Rights Award, the Virginia Hamilton Literary Award for Multicultural Literature, and is twice the recipient of the Pura Belpré Medal.
Other selected honors include the PEN USA Award, the Américas Award, the Boston Globe-Horn Book Honor, the Orbis Pictus Award, the ALA Siebert Honor, and the Schneider Family Award.