Walk Two Moons
Material type: TextPublication details: . Macmillan 2007Description: 256pISBN: 978-0330397834Subject(s): Children's fiction | Death | English fiction | Families | Friendship | Grandparents | Idaho | Juvenile fiction- Classics | Newbery Medal, Children's Book Award | Sequoyah Young Adult Book Award (Oklahoma), Virginia Young Readers Award | Bulletin Blue Ribbon (The Bulletin of the Center for Children’s Books) | Notable Children’s Book in the Language Arts (NCTE)DDC classification: 823 Summary: In her own singularly beautiful style, Newbery Medal winner Sharon Creech intricately weaves together two tales, one funny, one bittersweet, to create a heartwarming, compelling, and utterly moving story of love, loss, and the complexity of human emotion. Thirteen-year-old Salamanca Tree Hiddle, proud of her country roots and the "Indian-ness in her blood," travels from Ohio to Idaho with her eccentric grandparents. Along the way, she tells them of the story of Phoebe Winterbottom, who received mysterious messages, who met a "potential lunatic," and whose mother disappeared. As Sal entertains her grandparents with Phoebe's outrageous story, her own story begins to unfold—the story of a thirteen-year-old girl whose only wish is to be reunited with her missing mother.Item type | Current library | Call number | Status | Date due | Barcode | Item holds |
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Children's Books | Ektara Trust | 823/CRE (Browse shelf(Opens below)) | Available | 4933 |
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In her own singularly beautiful style, Newbery Medal winner Sharon Creech intricately weaves together two tales, one funny, one bittersweet, to create a heartwarming, compelling, and utterly moving story of love, loss, and the complexity of human emotion. Thirteen-year-old Salamanca Tree Hiddle, proud of her country roots and the "Indian-ness in her blood," travels from Ohio to Idaho with her eccentric grandparents. Along the way, she tells them of the story of Phoebe Winterbottom, who received mysterious messages, who met a "potential lunatic," and whose mother disappeared. As Sal entertains her grandparents with Phoebe's outrageous story, her own story begins to unfold—the story of a thirteen-year-old girl whose only wish is to be reunited with her missing mother.
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