Walk Two Moons
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| Author | Sharon Creech |
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| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
| Genre(s) | Children's novel |
| Publisher | HarperCollins |
| Released | June 30, 1994 |
| Media Type | Print (Hardcover, Paperback) |
| Pages | 288 pp (first edition, hardback) |
| ISBN | ISBN 0-06-023334-6 (first edition, hardback) |
Walk Two Moons is a novel written by Sharon Creech and published in 1994 which won the 1995 Newbery Medal.
[edit] Plot summary
Salamanca Tree Hiddle (called Sal throughout most of the book) packs and moves with her father from Bybanks, Kentucky to Euclid, Ohio where the woman she thinks her father wants to marry, Margaret, lives. Sal's mother left earlier to Lewiston, and is said to not to be returning.
Sal doesn't like Margaret very much, and when her grandparents plan to take a road trip to visit her mother (and their daughter-in-law) in Lewiston, Idaho, she goes with them and relates the story of her and her friend in Euclid, Phoebe Winterbottom.
The story, which alternates with the present-day setting of the text, helps Phoebe to achieve closure with her mom and accept a new life with her new and extended families.
