Walk Two Moons
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 First edition cover with "Newbery Medal" shield]] |
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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/Chickabiddy 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 Cadaver, lives. Sal's mother left earlier to Lewiston, and is said 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's (and their daughter-in-law)last known location in Lewiston, Idaho, she goes with them and relates the story of her and her friend in Euclid, Phoebe Winterbottom. But when Sal's grandmother has to go to the hospital she drives the car and she finds out she had died when the bus on which she was a passenger tumbled over a cliff; now Sal can finally come to terms with her mother's death and her grandmother's death
The story is focused on journey. Phoebe's mom dissapears she goes on an emotional journey, and when Sal goes on a physical journey with her grandparents, that is the beginning of her emotional journey. Throughout the whole story, the phrase "It is the journey, not the arrival that matters"is explored and spoken and to achieve closure with her mom and accept a new life demonstrated.
The story, which alternates with the present-day setting of the text, helps Sal with her new boyfriend, Ben and extended families.
| Preceded by The Giver |
Newbery Medal recipient 1995 |
Succeeded by The Midwife's Apprentice |
