He is severely deformed, but is more cheerful and outgoing than Naomi, and enjoys wearing tape. Owen Soledad León Outlaw: the son of Santiago and Skyla, the great-grandson of Mary, and the brother of Naomi.

She is talented at soap carving and (as she puts it) 'worrying and making lists' and also considers herself as 'nobody special'. Naomi is a quiet and shy but very naive Hispanic girl who has difficulty speaking up for herself and her younger brother Owen, and has lived with her brother and great-grandmother for most of her life.

Naomi Soledad León Outlaw: the daughter of Santiago and Skyla, the great-granddaughter of Mary, and the sister of Owen she is also the main protagonist and narrator of the story.

However, with Santiago's support and Naomi's testimony against Skyla, Mary successfully manages to gain full guardianship of Naomi and Owen and the trio return to their peaceful life in Lemon Tree. The group participate in Mexico's Los Posadas and Night of the Radishes, where Santiago arrives and reunites with his children, but he is unable to come back with Naomi and Owen to Lemon Tree. There they go on a quest in which Naomi is determined to find her father, Santiago. However, refusing to let that happen, Mary takes the kids on a whirlwind journey accompanied by their neighbors Fabiola and Bernardo Morales to the city of Oaxaca, Mexico. However, after a seemingly regular doctor's appointment for Owen, Skyla suddenly becomes infuriated and threatens Naomi, Owen, and Mary's well-being while revealing her plans of taking Naomi with her and her boyfriend, Clive, to Las Vegas so she would take care of Clive's daughter while leaving Owen behind. As things become more severe, Naomi gradually begins to grow fearful of Skyla, but is ultimately hesitant to warn Mary of her increasingly erratic behavior. That day, Naomi learns that Skyla is actually an alcoholic and that her father wanted custody of her and Owen but Skyla wouldn't allow it. Mary later tells Naomi and Owen the truth, but they don't really know the truth, until the day of the Parent-Teacher Conferences which Skyla promised to attend, but didn't. Although initially happy to have her mother back in her life, Naomi questions the reason for Skyla's return, whilst Skyla showers Naomi with gifts, but neglects and expresses disgust towards Owen. One day, Naomi and Owen's mother, Skyla, suddenly reappears after seven years of being gone. Naomi Soledad León Outlaw is a Hispanic girl who lives a relatively peaceful life with her great-grandmother, Mary Outlaw, and deformed younger brother, Owen, in the fictional town of Lemon Tree, California. Becoming Naomi León is a 2005 fiction, adventure, and young author's 246 page coming of age novel by Pam Muñoz Ryan about a quiet Latina girl, whose life with her great-grandmother and younger brother is peaceful, until her mother reappears after abandoning her and her brother years earlier.

Becoming Naomi León by Pam Muñoz Ryan