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Summary: Walk Two Moons- Book review
Review: Salamanca Tree Hiddle is just an ordinary teenager. Or so she thought....... Salamanca, known as Sal has many adventurous encounters with many people. In this book Sal tells you her story of Phoebe Winterbottom, an over worrier who thinks about crazed lunatics all day long, while on Sals way in a car headed to Idaho with her grandma and grandpa. The reason being Sal wants to get to her mother before her mother's birthday. Sal's mother has left her and her father and says she needs to do some thinking. This nook tells the story of Phoebe and back to Sal's story of finding her mother, but when Phoebe starts getting strange messages on her doorstep the story starts to twist. These letters like, never judge a man until you've walked two moons in his moccasins, and in the course of a lifetime what does it matter? These start making Phoebe and Sal think twice about things. After Phoebe's mother mysteriously disappears things star getting a little crazy, more crazy than it had before.
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Summary: A Childhood Favorite
Review: Walk Two Moons is definitely the best book I read as a child. I learned about loss, love and friendship through the eyes of the delightful protagonist, Salmanca Tree Hiddle. I think I read the book four times (!!), but it made me cry every single time. I recommend this book for advanced readers under 12, however, readers at any age can enjoy this definite classic. I love it~!
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Summary: a book for everyone
Review: this one of the most powerfull books i have ever read. a friend reccomended it to me and when i finished i passed it on to my brother, my mom and my grandma and they all loved it. walk 2 moons should definitely be read by everyone.
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Summary: Walk Two Moons
Review: This is one of the best books ever! It is so hard to put down, and when you think you finally understand it switches to other fasinating parts. Even if you don't normally read, this is a delightful book that everyone can enjoy. It gives you multiple emotions and you can read it over and over and over again and still love it. You will never read a better book, and if you do it was most likely written by Sharon Creech one of the best authors ever.
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Summary: Walk Two Moons
Review: What would you do if you went to Idaho on a long journey to search for your mother and found out she was dead? Would you cry and weep or, refuse to believe she's dead? Well, Salamanca goes on such a journey and she chooses to believe her mother is still alive.
Salamanca (Sal) has a wonderful life in Bybanks, Kentucky with a farm and a swimming hole. One day her mother, Chanhassen, travels to Lewiston, Idaho. Once Chanhassen leaves, everything changes. Sal becomes afraid of the strangest things and her father starts hanging out with Mrs. Cadaver, Chanhassen's best friend.
Sal travels to Lewiston, Idaho with her grandparents. They make things hard for her by stopping near rivers and dancing with Indians. Sal feels she needs to rush to see her mother. Sal struggles to get to Idaho in time for her mother's birthday.
Sharon Creech is a fantastic author and has a talent for character development. Walk Two Moons made me feel like Sal, Mrs. Cadaver, Chanhassen, and Sal's father were real people with twisted emotions. If you enjoy romance, adventure, and mystery, this book is for you. Nyeri C
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Summary: Walk Two Moons
Review: Salamanca Tree Hiddle is on a road trip with her Gram and Gramps, retracing her mother's route from Ohio to Lewiston, Idaho. Her mother left and didn't come back. While on the trip, Sal tells the story of her friend Phoebe Winterbottom, who's own mother disappeared and strange notes were left on their front porch, and the strange behavior of Mrs. Cadaver, who doesn't have a Mr. Cadaver. Phoebe thinks that a lunatic is leaving the notes on her porch, like the one that says "Never judge a man until you've walked two moons in his moccasins." During a visit to the police station, Sal figures out who Phoebe's lunatic is, which was the last person she would've guessed. They see Mt. Rushmore and Old Faithful on the trip, which gets Gram and Gramps really excited. But Sal is eager to get to Lewiston before her mother's birthday. Her mother left for Lewiston one day and never came back. When Sal reaches Lewiston, she finally realizes that her mother won't come back, and neither will her Gooseberry. This book made me laugh and cry, and I could never put it down. I'm not surprised in the least that it won the Newbery Award.
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Summary: Delightful Read
Review: Aimed and a youthful audience, this story provide both youth and adult with a delightful tale. Strong family themes run through the story. An ideal choice as a gift for the target age group. A very enjoyable read.
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Summary: Walk Two Moons
Review: The story is about Salmanaca Tree Hidle,a girl who lived in Bybank,
Kentucky.And her mother just up and left one day.She went all the way from Kentucky to Idaho. Sal and her dad moved to Lewiston,Iowa,right next to Mageret Cadaver,a women who rode the bus that took Sal's mother to Idaho.Her new best friend,Phoebe Winterbottom.Her mother also went missing.But in her case someone kept leaving letters like Don't judge someone 'till you walk a mile in their mocassins. And eventualy her mom comes back. The climax is where 13 year old Sal
takes a car and drives from Iowa to Idaho to see her mom She finds out
that her mother died in a bus reck. The only surviver is Mageret Cadaver!!!!!!!!!1
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Summary: Walk Two Moons
Review: Salamanca is moving from the country to the city. Her father thinks it is time to leave Bybanks, Kentucky. Her mom is gone and he tells Sal she won't be back. Sal is quite a storyteller. On a vacation with her grandparents, she entertains her grandparents with stories of her friend, Phoebe Winterbottom. On this journey with Gramps and Gram, Sal is faced with many realities of life. She gains a better understanding of her grandparents, and of herself. Most importantly, she faces the facts about her mother.
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Summary: Another piece of advice: Don't judge a book by its cover
Review: I wasn't paying attention to the Newbery debates the year "Walk Two Moons" won. In my own humble opinion, after reading this book, I can't imagine how any other was even seriously considered a contender. "Walk Two Moons" is a book as infinitely wise as it is funny. The rare book that can serve up a rousing good story while teaching you a little about the very nature of life, death, loving and grieving. This is a book ostensibly written for children but so incredibly mature that after finishing it you just sit staring at the picture of author Sharon Creech on the book flap thinking over and over in your head, "How did she do it? How did she do it? How did she do it?" "Walk Two Moons" follows the tales and travels of Salamanca (Sal) Tree Hiddle. Traveling with her parents to Idaho in the hopes of bringing her mother back with her, the juggles two storylines simultaneously. On the one hand, we have Sal, trying to deal with the fact that her mother left her. On the other is Sal's story of her friend Pheobe who's own mother up and left her family one day. While dealing with the painfully realistic reactions children have to such departures on the part of their parents, it also gives us glimpses into families that are rock solid in their love and devotion. You have Sal's grandparents that are taking the trip to Idaho with her. As you learn more about them, you realize how wonderful and tragic their life has been, with a deep abiding love. Also, Sal's friend Mary Lou's family is a rambunctious crew of crazy wonderful people, always messy and always affectionate. Just describing the plot of this book really doesn't do it any justice. There are just so many things to admire about it. Through her narrator Creech somehow is able to convey a wisdom that goes beyond Sal's own understandings and words. Moreover, though Sal is perhaps one of the sanest people in this story, she is also an incredibly unreliable narrator. I admit, the ending caught me completely off guard. I should have seen it coming, and I didn't. This is the kind of book where you have to read it all the way through once, and then read it all the way through a second time just to pick up all the tiny clues you missed the first time. Along the way, everything from the heart of life to the despair of death is explored carefully and respectfully. Creech is able to repeatedly bring up the motif of "Don't judge a man until you've walked two moons in his moccasins", without ever becoming preachy or didactic. How does she do it? How is this amazing author able to tie every little metaphor and plot point up so perfectly by the book's end? Critics of the book like to dismiss it for a variety of sins. They claim it hasn't any strong female characters. Apparently Mary Lou's working mom doesn't count. Nor Pheobe's neighbor, a woman who had to deal with the death of her husband and blindness of her mother all on her own. Nor, for that matter, Sal herself. An amazingly capable young woman who is not perfect, but contains all the qualities of a person learning what life is all about. Critics also claim the book is dull. Sorry, folks. It ain't. The book does not suffer from pages of descriptive passages. The characters speak with zing and verve. The plot is fascinating. I have only ever read two Newbery winners that I truly felt were some of the best children's books ever written. The first was Louis Sacher's "Holes". The second was Sharon Creech's "Walk Two Moons". If you ever read two books intended for kids, I suggest you pick these two without hesitation. Generations from now they will remain the most beloved of this day and age.
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