Walk Two Moons

Walk Two Moons
By Sharon Creech
Grades 6 +

Salamanca (Sal) Tree Hiddle takes a road trip with her grandparents to find her mother who left home following the loss of her baby. During the road trip, Sal tells her grandparents a story about her best friend, Phoebe Winterbottom. Phoebe’s mother, like Sal’s mother, unexpectedly decides to leave home and Sal becomes caught up in the drama of Phoebe’s family. As Sal tells her story, she intersperses Phoebe’s story with memories of her mother. As the road trip comes to end, Sal’s grandmother becomes ill and is taken to the nearest hospital and Sal decides to complete the rest of the trip by herself. Walk Two Moons is a novel exploring a father and daughter trying to rebuild their lives following loss.

This Newberry Award winning novel is a very touching story of a young girl dealing with the reality of her life. As Sal tells the parallel story of her best friend, she gradually accepts her own circumstances. Once she accepts them, she is able to move on with her life. This is a great story about dealing with the death of a loved one and moving on, but not forgetting those whom you loved.