Pam Munoz Ryan and Jennifer L. Holm are both amazing authors. They both have made books that are amazing. Pam grew up in Bakersfield, CA. Jennifer was born in 1968. “Follow the Water” and “Freddie in the Shade” have many similarities and differences. One similarity between “Freddie in the Shade” and “Follow the Water” is the conflict. In both stories they have a conflict of character vs self. In “Freddie in the Shade” Freddie is going through many changes in his life. An Example is,” His mom died before he could remember, so it had been Freddie and Dad, the two of them against the world. And they had done fine. Just fine. Then Dad met Maggie. She was nice enough, but things changed last year after Dad and Maggie got married. A few months
