A Newbery Medal Winner
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 a��Indian-ness in her blood,a�\x9d 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 a�" the story of a thirteen-year-old girl whose only wish is to be reunited with her missing mother.
Grades 3-7 |Age 8-12 |Lexile 770