Walk Two Moons by Sharon Creech Summary and Reviews
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Book Reviews of Walk Two Moons
Book Review: A Disturbing Portayal of Women
Summary: 1 Stars
I am a graduate student preparing to become an elementary school teacher and found myself very disturbed by the portrayal of women in "Walk Two Moons", as well as the constant trauma that permeates this book. The main character's mother leaves her family behind after a miscarriage, followed by a deep depression which is glossed over in the book. The main character's best friend's mother also deserts her family as she goes to deal with the appearance of a son she had put up for adoption before her current marriage. And to add insult to injury, we find that the main character's grandmother went off on a three day affair with the "egg man" because the main character's grandfather was cursing too much. To finish off the list, another friend's mother is in a mental instution. There are no positive female role models in the book - something disturbing in itself. Add to that the never-ending stream of death and desertion and I can find little positive to recommend this book.Book Review: A Fantastic Book !!!
Summary: 5 Stars
This book is a great book!! It's about this girl named Salamanca and her father. There is also this little girl's grandparents. Her grandparents and her are going to see her mother that had run away from her when she was really young. On the way up to see her mother, she's telling her grandparents about her friend, Phoebe. Her mother also ran away from her but her mother came back with a little surprise. Her son had come back with her and the rest of her family had no idea about it. Later on, when they found out where her mother had been all of these years, Salamanca found out that her mother had died a few years ago on a bus that had wrecked. Her father had already known but he wanted her to find out for herself. I can't tell you much more but this is a really great book to read. I recommend this book to anyone who wants to read a great book.-KMBook Review: A GREAT BOOK!!!!!
Summary: 5 Stars
I read this book and I
thought it was GREAT! I would
love to see a sequal come
out in the future!! I think Sharon
Creech is a WONDERFUL book.
Book Review: A GREAT READ FOR ALL AGES!
Summary: 5 Stars
This book tells about the experiences of a 13 year old girl whose mother left her and her father to go to Idaho. This girl is moved to a new home, meets new kids, has mysterious experiences, and takes a journey with her grandpartents to Idaho. Read the book to learn all the exciting details!Book Review: A GREAT children's book that sagacious adults too will enjoy
Summary: 5 Stars
I do not throw the word "great" around blithely - this book is indeed great, a testament to the legitimacy of the Newbery Award Committee, to the frequent superiority of the best children's books to adult literature in grabbing the imagination and imbuing the mind with truth, and to the artistic abilities of Ms. Creech. As a former teacher in a school predominated by minorities, I can testify that this book, with its natural sense of spirituality, whimsical characters (Phoebe, Gram and Gramps, and other supporting characters strike me as a more-naturalistic rogue's gallery to rival the creatures in Alice and Wonderland), fascinating narrative thread, gradual unvieling of the truth, and sensitive portrayal of familial and friendly relationships should appeal to just about all young people and all adults who haven't had reality leeched out of them by a violent, licentious, consumerist culture. Creech has characterized Sal so sensitively and beautifully that the reader knows her as well as a living friend. She is intelligent, artistic, and deeply "spiritual" in her perceptions of what is most important in life. It is indeed this sense of perspective in the first person narrative that conveys Sal as such an admirable human being - someone from whom her "peers" who read her story can learn about aspects of life they may never have considered. She comes across as someone destined to great things in the lives of a few people at least, if not in the world, but still that person whom most of the kids in the middle school class like and respect. Some of the editorial reviewers rather pathetically and erroneously critiqued the ending of the book, but 1) it's a children's book, and the "tidiness" and joyfulness of some aspects of the ending (which has more to do with resigned acceptance) reflect that, 2) the reader goes through the final stream of experiences much as Sal would have. After what she has lost - and it is considerable - Sal values what is left all the more. Why am I harping on about "Truth"? Because gratitude, and the ability to perceive reason for joy even in the face of deep hurt and sorrow, are two of the key realities of life, and this book conveys that with believeable and entertaining characters. The point is, this book resonates with a far truer perception of human nature than literally 99% of the adult fiction produced in the past 30 years or so. I have recommended it to many of my adult friends to their edification and gratitude, and naturally to all of my students. One of my ten favorite books of all time in any genre. It's True and it's joyful. What more do you want?