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Walk Two Moons

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HarperCollins, Dec 23, 2003 - Juvenile Fiction - 304 pages

Young Adult Edition with Reader's Guide

"Sometimes you know in your heart you love someone, but you have to go away before your head can figure it out."

To trace the path of her missing mother, Sal embarks on a journey from Ohio to Idaho with her grandparents. On the road, Sal tells the strange and exciting story of her friend Phoebe. As the miles pass, Phoebe's tale becomes more and more outrageous, while Sal's own story begins to emerge. In unraveling Phoebe's mystery, Sal comes ever closer to finding out the truth behind her own bittersweet journey. What will she find at the end of the road?

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I enjoy Sharon Creech's writing. - Goodreads
... the ending was sad beyond belief. - Goodreads
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“You can't keep the birds of sadness from flying over your head, but you can keep them from nesting in your hair.” People have to deal with things—good or bad—all the time. It isn't unusual to gain ... Read full review

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“You can't keep the birds of sadness from flying over your head, but you can keep them from nesting in your hair.” People have to deal with things—good or bad—all the time. It isn't unusual to gain ... Read full review

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Walk Two Moons by Creech, Sharon
Review of this novel with lesson plan activities and related links from Carol Hurst's Children's Literature Site
www.carolhurst.com/ titles/ walktwomoons.html

Walk Two Moons - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Walk Two Moons. First edition cover with "Newbery Medal" ... Walk Two Moons is a novel written by Sharon Creech and published in 1994 which won the 1995 ...
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Walk Two Moons: An Integrated Unit
Walk Two Moons by Sharon Creech is a bittersweet story of a teenager who desperately wants to be reunited with her mother. This unit is an integrated study ...
www.learnnc.org/ lessons/ JanetFore5232002242

FCL: Discussion -- Walk Two Moons by Sharon Creech
I think Walk Two Moons is going to be another dust gatherer like Missing May. Okay, okay. Go ahead and tell me how wrong I am. ...
www.fairrosa.info/ disc/ walktwomoons.html

The Newbery Project: Walk Two Moons Sharon Creech 1995
Walk Two Moons Sharon Creech 1995. A journey with your grandparents, a missing mother, a best friend Phoebe and a lunatic or two are all ingredients in this ...
newberryproject.blogspot.com/ 2007/ 09/ journey-with-your-grandparents-missing.html

Walk Two Moons
This is a great look at the author and her purpose in writing Walk Two Moons, and what impact she thinks it will have on students and children. ...
english.byu.edu/ novelinks/ Novel%20pages/ Walk%20Two%20Moons.htm

(LIS404LE - Uden) Pizza and Pages Book Club: Walk Two Moons by Creech
Walk Two Moons is a Newbery Award Winning novel that weaves together multiple stories into one moving tale. Sal Hiddle and her father move from their farm ...
ccb.lis.uiuc.edu/ Projects/ yalit/ uden/ walktwomoons.htm

Walk Two Moons by Sharon Creech
Free Walk Two Moons summary by Sharon Creech. ... free book summary, free study guide, free book notes free summary on Walk Two Moons ...
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WALK TWO MOONS By Sharon Creech - READER’S GUIDE - QUESTIONS FOR ...
The characters in Walk Two Moons all experience loss to some degree. ... What characters in Walk Two Moons, if any, are based on people you know? ...
www.sharoncreech.com/ novels/ walk_two_moons_guide.pdf

About the author (2003)

Sharon Creech is the author of the Newbery Medal winner Walk Two Moons and the Newbery Honor Book The Wanderer. Her other work includes the novels The Unfinished Angel, Hate That Cat, The Castle Corona, Replay, Heartbeat, Granny Torrelli Makes Soup, Ruby Holler, Love That Dog, Bloomability, Absolutely Normal Chaos, Chasing Redbird, and Pleasing the Ghost, as well as three picture books: A Fine, Fine School; Fishing in the Air; and Who's That Baby? Ms. Creech and her husband live in upstate New York.

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