Walk Two Moons, Volume 1

Sharon Creech

Harper Collins, Oct 6, 2009 - Juvenile Fiction - 304 pages

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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User Review  - atreic - LibraryThing

This is the story of Sal Hiddle's road trip across the US with her grandparents. Despite completely loving it and it making me cry, it did drag a bit in the second half, I found myself skipping ahead ...

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User Review  - KeriLynneD - LibraryThing

This book dealt with some really tough topics. I like the way Sal somewhat tells her story thru her storytelling of Phoebe. It was very impactful how she also learned from her experiences with Phoebe. Her grandparents are just wonderful. It was an emotional read at some points but very worth it.

Contents

• A FACE AT THE WINDOW: 1
• THE CHICKABIDDY STARTS A STORY: 4
• BRAVERY: 10
• THATS WHAT IM TELLING YOU: 17
• A DAMSEL IN DISTRESS: 25
• BLACKBERRIES: 29
• ILLAHNOWAY: 36
• THE BADLANDS 141: 40
• THE LUNATIC: 41
• THE MESSAGE: 46
• HUZZA HUZZA: 53
• FLINCHING: 59
• THE MARRIAGE BED: 70
• BOUNCING BIRKWAY: 80
• THE RHODODENDRON: 84
• A SNAKE HAS A SNACK: 91
• THE SINGING TREE: 98
• IN THE COURSE OF A LIFETIME: 102
• THE GOOD MAN: 107
• FISH IN THE AIR: 114
• THE BLACKBERRY KISS: 121
• SOULS: 129
• EVIDENCE: 131
• BIRDS OF SADNESS: 152
• CHOLESTEROL: 157
• SACRIFICES: 164
• PANDORAS BOX: 170
• THE BLACK HILLS: 177
• THE TIDE RISES: 181
• BREAKING IN: 189
• THE PHOTOGRAPH: 198
• CHICKEN AND BLACKBERRY KISSES: 205
• THE VISITOR: 217
• OLD FAITHFUL: 222
• THE PLAN: 226
• THE VISIT: 233
• A KISS: 236
• SPIT: 239
• 3? HOMECOMING: 243
• 40THEGIFTS: 256
• THE BUS ANDTHE WILLOW: 264
• OUR GOOSEBERRY: 269
• BYBANKS: 274

About the author

Sharon Creech has written twenty-one books for young people and is published in over twenty languages. Her books have received awards in both the U.S. and abroad, including the Newbery Medal for Walk Two Moons, the Newbery Honor for The Wanderer, and Great Britain’s Carnegie Medal for Ruby Holler.Before beginning her writing career, Sharon Creech taught English for fifteen years in England and Switzerland. She and her husband now live in Maine, “lured there by our grandchildren,” Creech says.www.sharoncreech.com

Bibliographic information

• Title: Walk Two Moons, Volume 1; Walk Two Moons
• Author: Sharon Creech
• Edition: reprint
• Publisher: Harper Collins, 2009
• ISBN: 0061972517, 9780061972515
• Length: 304 pages
• Subjects: Juvenile Fiction / Classics; Juvenile Fiction / Family / Multigenerational; Juvenile Fiction / People & Places / United States / Native American; Juvenile Fiction / Social Themes / Self-Esteem & Self-Reliance; Juvenile Fiction / Travel