Author: Sharon Creech
Title: Walk Two Moons
Illustrator: N/A
Genre: Juvenile Fiction
Subgenre: Drama
Theme: The story of a mother and her struggles she deals with as a mother and wive.
Primary/Secondary Characters: Sal, her parents, her grandparents, Phoebe, and Ben
Award(s)/Publication Year: Newbery Medal Winner/1994
Publishing Company: Harper Collins Publishers
Brief Summary/Book Usage: This book is narrated by a 13-year-old girl named Salamanca Tree Hiddle, or Sal for short. Sal's mother has recently left her father, and Sal's grandparents are taking her on a cross-country car trip to Lewiston, Idaho to see her. Sal loves nature and was very close to her mother before she left. On the trip, Sal entertains her grandparents by telling a story about her imaginative new friend in Euclid, Ohio, Phoebe Winterbottom, whose mother suddenly disappeared and left their family, and about Ben Finney with whom Sal begins a relationship. Over the course of the book, as Sal's story unfolds and their car travels north, she reveals more details about Phoebe's story, and why her story reminds Salamanca of her own. She has a very vivid imagination and dealing with her mother leaving is easier for her by created her stories. I would use this book in my classroom when teaching the students about family issues, such as a parent leaving and see what input they would have to include.
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