Walk Two Moons: A Newbery Award Winner
As Salamanca Hiddle travels cross-country with her eccentric grandparents, she tells them the story of Phoebe Winterbottom, who met a "potential lunatic" and whose mother disappeared. Beneath Phoebe's story is Salamanca's own: Her mother left for Idaho, and although she promised to return, she has not. Sal hopes to bring her mother home, despite her father's warning that she is "fishing in the air."
This novel is in turns funny, mysterious and touching, as Salamanca comes to a new understanding of aspects of her life.
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Christopher Healy is the author of the acclaimed The Hero's Guide to Saving Your Kingdom--which won a place on several best of the year lists, including those of the New York Times, Amazon, and Kirkus Reviews--and its two sequels, The Hero's Guide to Storming the Castle and The Hero's Guide to Being an Outlaw. The series is currently in film development with Fox Animation/Blue Sky Studios. He lives with his wife and children in New Jersey.
"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
