Sharon Creech

Walk Two Moons

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Produktbeschreibung

Don't judge a man until you've walked two moons in his moccasins.

What is the meaning of this strange message left on the doorstep? Only Sal knows, and on a roadtrip with her grandparents she tells the bizarre tale of Phoebe Winterbottom, Phoebe's disappearing mother and the lunatic. But who can help Sal make sense of the mystery that surrounds her own story . . . and her own missing mother?

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Import / Macmillan Publishers International
• Main Market Ed.
• Seitenzahl: 256
• Altersempfehlung: von 9 bis 11 Jahren
• Erscheinungstermin: 7. September 2007
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 195mm x 130mm x 20mm
• Gewicht: 174g
• ISBN-13: 9780330397834
• ISBN-10: 0330397834
• Artikelnr.: 22280491

Autorenporträt

Sharon Creech is the author of several books for children and young adults and has won, or been shortlisted for, nearly every major literary award for children's books, both in the USA and UK, as well as selling all over the world. Most recently, she won the Carnegie Medal for outstanding children's literature with her novel Ruby Holler . Sharon is an American who lived in England for nineteen years. She now lives in New Jersey, USA, with her husband.

Rezensionen

"The book is packed with humor and affection and is an odyssey of unexpected twists and surprising conclusions." - 1995 Newbery Award Selection Committee.

"A richly layered novel about real and metaphorical journeys." - School Library Journal

"This story sings." - Booklist

"In this funny and sad adventure story, readers fall in love with 13-year-old Salamanca, who is proud of her Indian blood and her country roots. Two stories weave together and teach the important life lesson that every story has two sides." - Brightly