Walk two moons

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The work Walk two moons represents a distinct intellectual or artistic creation found in Chemeketa Cooperative Regional Library Service (CCRLS). This resource is a combination of several types including: Work, Language Material, Books.

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Label

Walk two moons

Statement of responsibility

by Sharon Creech

Title variation

Two moons

Creator

• trueCreech, Sharon

Subject

• trueAutomobile travel
• Bildungsromans
• Bildungsromans
• Bildungsromans
• trueClassics
• Death
• Death -- Fiction
• Death -- Juvenile fiction
• Families
• Families -- Juvenile fiction
• Family life -- Fiction
• Fiction
• Fiction
• Friendship
• Friendship -- Fiction
• Friendship -- Juvenile fiction
• trueGirls -- Friendship
• trueGrandparents
• Grandparents
• Grandparents -- Fiction
• Grandparents -- Juvenile fiction
• Idaho
• Idaho -- Juvenile fiction
• Juvenile works
• trueMother-separated children
• trueMothers -- Death
• trueNative American teenage girls
• trueRealistic fiction
• trueStorytelling
• trueThirteen-year-old girls
• trueYoung adult literature

Genre

• Bildungsromans
• trueClassics
• Fiction
• Juvenile fiction
• Juvenile works
• trueRealistic fiction
• Young adult literature

Language

eng

Summary

After her mother leaves home suddenly, thirteen-year-old Sal and her grandparents take a car trip retracing her mother's route. Along the way, Sal recounts the story of her friend Phoebe, whose mother also left

Theme

• trueRoad tripping

Storyline

• trueCharacter-driven
• trueIntricately plotted

Pace

• trueLeisurely paced

Tone

• trueEmotionally intense

Writing style

• trueConversational
• trueStylistically complex

Award

• Heartland Award, 1997.
• Newbery Medal, 1995.
• Sequoyah Book Awards (Oklahoma), Young Adult Books, 1997.
• Surrey Book of the Year Award (British Columbia), 1997.
• Virginia Readers' Choice Award for Middle School, 1997.
• ALA Notable Children's Book, 1995

Awards note

• Newbery Medal, 1995
• American Library Association Notable Children's Book, 1995

Cataloging source

DLC

Dewey number

[Fic]

Index

no index present

Intended audience

• Middle School
• 770L

Intended audience source

Lexile

Interest level

• MG
• 6-8
• MG

LC call number

• PZ7.C8615
• PS3553.R3373

LC item number

• Wal 1994
• W35 1994

http://library.link/vocab/ext/novelist/lexile

770

Literary form

fiction

http://library.link/vocab/ext/novelist/minGradeLevel

• 6
• 9

NLM call number

Cre

Reading level

• 4.9.
• 4.9
• 6.6
• 4.9

Study program name

• Accelerated Reader
• Accelerated Reader AR
• Reading Counts RC
• Accelerated Reader/Renaissance Learning

Target audience

juvenile