Walk Two Moons

Summary of "Walk Two Moons" by Sharon Creech

Thirteen year old Salamanca takes a road trip from Ohio to Idaho with her two wacky and unique grandparents. As she is in the car with her grandparents, she entertains them with a story about her friend Phoebe Winterbottom. Phoebe Winterbottom receives these mysterious messages from someone she has yet to know who it is. She talks about a lunatic that lives in the neighborhood and obsesses over Mrs. Cadaver because her last name is "dead body." She even happens to having a missing mother, just like Sal does. Sal's story is almost reflected through Phoebe's while she tells it, it's like these two were meant to be friends in this book. Sal's mother went away one April morning and promised to be back at a certain time, in which did not happen. The trip to Idaho gains intensity and a goal when her mother does not return. She hopes to get there in time to make it by her mother's birthday and bring her mother back home, even though her father claims that it is basically a lost cause and she may not accomplish anything from it. We find out many things throughout this book, and most of them being highly surpising. This book will amaze you with the laughs you'll gain and then all the connections throughout the story that Sharon Creech waits to throw to you near the very end. It is a highly enjoyable book that I would most definitely recommend to all ages.

The book was a very awesome book, it kept you thinking and on your toes. I was highly surprised by the amount of twists and turns in the book and how everything ended up being sort of wrapped together. I was really surprised with what we found out about her mother, and I cried at the end, I can't lie about that. My favorite characters were either Sal or her grandparents, they were definitely the best. Sal was a passionate and sweet character and her love of nature really inspired me to look at things a little differently when I am outside doing things. Her grandparents were cooky and hilarious and they seemed to get in trouble so easily and I loved it. Her grandparents reminded me a lot of my past grand parents and so it was nice seeing that. A big thing for me was the closeness between Sal and her grand parents. I don't really have a closeness to anyone else in my family but my actual parents and sibling, I would love to have a relationship like that and it's nice to see that does exist. I think this book is about a 9-11 year targeted book, but I think anyone would really enjoy it. I know I did and it was my favorite that I have read year round. I loved it!