Audiobook ...And Now Miguel by Joseph Krumgold in the ListenBook app
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Book description
The way the sheep looked at Miguel-like he was already part of the flock, not just a boy watching from the edge-hurt more than any reprimand. Twelve years old, and every summer, while his father and brothers headed for the Sangre de Cristo Mountains, Miguel stayed behind, minding the house. He wanted to be treated like a man, not a child. The words weren't just his; they were the quiet ache in his chest, the way his hands stayed too still when the men gathered for the drive. He'd tried proving himself-helping with the shearing, learning the old songs-but his efforts were just noise, ignored by the men who saw only a boy.
Then came the prayer. Not loud, not desperate, but whispered to San Ysidro under the dusty sky. Let me go with them. Let me be one of the men. And the answer came, swift and terrible: Miguel was allowed to join the drive. But the moment he stepped onto the trail, the weight of it settled-not the freedom he'd hoped for, but the terrifying knowledge that he'd crossed a line he couldn't uncross. The men's eyes, once dismissive, now held a new kind of watchfulness. The mountains, once a dream, became a test he couldn't fail.
This is where the audiobook truly sings. The narrator's voice-warm, weathered, with a quiet urgency-doesn't just tell Miguel's story; it lives it. You hear the rasp of his breath as he struggles to keep up, the tremor in his voice when he finally speaks up, the way the wind carries the distant bleat of sheep through the canyon. There's no over-the-top drama; the tension builds in the silences, in the way Miguel's father says, "You're not ready," not as an insult, but as a fact he's too old to ignore.
What makes this classic (the first book to win two Newbery Medals for its author) feel so immediate is how deeply it understands a child's secret shame. Miguel's mistake isn't the prayer-it's the desperate hope that being seen as a man would finally make him be one. The consequences aren't dramatic fallings, but the slow, crushing realization that adulthood isn't given; it's earned, one moment of courage at a time. You hear the cost in the way Miguel's voice cracks when he admits he wasn't ready, not for the mountains, not for the weight of being trusted.
It's not a fairy tale. It's a quiet, devastating truth: sometimes, the thing you pray for changes you in ways you never expected. And the most powerful thing about this audiobook? It makes you feel that change in your bones, the way the wind carries Miguel's voice through the mountains, small but unbroken. You don't just hear the story-you feel the dust on your own skin, the ache of wanting to belong, and the hard, beautiful truth that growing up starts with a single, terrifying step into the unknown.
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