Walk Two Moons

Title: Walk Two Moons

Author: Sharon Creech

Illustrator: None

Genre: Fiction

Subgenre: Realistic Chapter Book

Theme: Do not judge someone until you have walked in his or her shoes.

Characters: Sal, Phoebe, Gram, Gramps, Mrs. Cadaver, Sal’s Dad, Mr. Birkway, Ben, and Mary Lou

Awards: Newbery

Date of Publication: 1994

Publication Company: Harper Collins Publishers Inc.

Summary: After her mother leaves home suddenly, 13-year-old Sal and her Grandparents take a road trip retracing her mother’s route. Along the way, Sal tells her Grandparents a story about her friend Phoebe. Sal and Pheobe are more alike than they both know. Sal does not share anything about her mother with Pheobe. On the other hand Pheobe are shares everything about her family with Sal. Phoebe’s mother has also left home. So Sal is trying to help Pheobe along the way and ends up helping herself too.

Use in Classroom: This book could be used in a middle school or a high school classroom for literature circles and book talks. This is a great book for students who are struggling with the lose of a parent. It can help them over some of the same struggles as Sal and Pheobe.