Pub Date: December 23, 2003
Dewey: FIC
Lexile Code: 0770
Features: Price on Product
Target Age Group: 08 to 12
Physical Info: 0.86" H x 6.82" L x 4.26" W ( 0.32 lbs) 304 pages
BISAC Categories:
Juvenile Fiction | Social Themes | Adolescence and Coming of Age | Family | Multigenerational | SelfEsteem and SelfReliance | Native American | Travel | Classics | Fantasy | General | Historical | United States General | Activity Books | Books and Libraries | Readers | Chapter Books
Series: Walk Two Moons
Description: In her own award-winning style, 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.
Brief description:
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 lives in Maine, "lured there by my grandchildren," Creech says.
www.sharoncreech.com
Review Quotes:
"This story sings." - Booklist
"A richly layered novel about real and metaphorical journeys." - School Library Journal
"In this funny and sad adventure story, readers fall in love with 13-year-old Salamanca, who is proud of her Indian blood and her country roots. Two stories weave together and teach the important life lesson that every story has two sides." - Brightly