- School & Library Binding: 304 pages
- Publisher: Turtleback Books: A Division of Sanval (September 1996)
- Language: English
- ISBN-10: 0613002040
- ISBN-13: 978-0613002042
- Product Dimensions: 19.8 x 13.4 x 2.3 cm
- Shipping Weight: 272 g
- Average Customer Review: 4.7 out of 5 stars See all reviews (380 customer reviews)
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: #978,669 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
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Thirteen-year-old Salamanca Tree Hiddle's mother has disappeared. While tracing her steps on a car trip from Ohio to Idaho with her grandparents, Salamanca tells a story to pass the time about a friend named Phoebe Winterbottom whose mother vanished and who received secret messages after her disappearance. One of them read, "Don't judge a man until you have walked two moons in his moccasins." Despite her father's warning that she is "fishing in the air," Salamanca hopes to bring her home. By drawing strength from her Native American ancestry, she is able to face the truth about her mother. Walk Two Moons won the 1995 Newbery Medal.
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Grade 6-9-An engaging story of love and loss, told with humor and suspense. Thirteen-year-old Salamanca Tree Hiddle's mother leaves home suddenly on a spiritual quest, vowing to return, but can't keep her promise. The girl and her father leave their farm in Kentucky and move to Ohio, where Sal meets Phoebe Winterbottom, also 13. While Sal accompanies her eccentric grandparents on a six-day drive to Idaho to retrace her mother's route, she entertains them with the tale of Phoebe, whose mother has also left home. While this story-within-a-story is a potentially difficult device, in the hands of this capable author it works well to create suspense, keep readers' interest, and draw parallels between the situations and reactions of the two girls. Sal's emotional journey through the grieving process-from denial to anger and finally to acceptance-is depicted realistically and with feeling. Indeed, her initial confusion and repression of the truth are mirrored in the book. Overall, a richly layered novel about real and metaphorical journeys.
Connie Tyrrell Burns, Mahoney Middle School, South Portland, ME
Copyright 1994 Reed Business Information, Inc. --This text refers to the Hardcover edition.
Connie Tyrrell Burns, Mahoney Middle School, South Portland, ME
Copyright 1994 Reed Business Information, Inc. --This text refers to the Hardcover edition.
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5.0 out of 5 stars
walk 2 moons,
This review is from: Walk Two Moons (Mass Market Paperback)
this was a very good book and a very good and smart purchase on my part. i liked it alot and i would recommend it. good shipping and customer service as well
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salamanca tree hiddle,
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This review is from: Walk Two Moons (Paperback)
Walk two moons is about a girl who moves to a new neighbor hood after her mother leaves. But soon she goes on a trip with her grand parents. It is a long trip so to pass the time she tells a story about her friend pheobe winterbottom who's mother has left and Pheobe is convinced she was either murdered or kidnap! Also Salamnca (sal for short) has a little romance that teaches her a lesson about things! But all in all this story is amazing and full of surprises i can tell you that. Even though i was forced to read this book for an english assignment i would gladly read it again and again! :)
4.0 out of 5 stars
Good but sad...,
By Chelsea (California) - See all my reviews
This review is from: Walk Two Moons (Paperback)
I read this book in 2 nights, and was kind of disappointed. I really liked the "Pheobe" story that Sal is telling in her grandparent's car, but all the stories about Sal were depressing to me. I don't like sad books! 3 important people in her life DIE, and I don't see any point in reading a book that makes you cry yourself to sleep...But it was still really good!
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