Inherownsingularlybeautifulstyle,NewberyMedalwinnerSharonCreechintricatelyweavestogethertwotales,onefunny,onebittersweet,tocreateaheartwarming,compelling,andutterlymovingstoryoflove,loss,andthecomplexityofhumanemotion.Thirteen-year-oldSalamancaTreeHiddle,proudofhercountryrootsandthe“Indian-nessinherblood,“travelsfromOhiotoIdahowithhereccentricgrandparents.Alongtheway,shetellsthemofthestoryofPhoebeWinterbottom,whoreceivedmysteriousmessages,whometa“potentiallunatic,“andwhosemotherdisappeared.AsSalentertainshergrandparentswithPhoebe’soutrageousstory,herownstorybeginstounfold--thestoryofathirteen-year-oldgirlwhoseonlywishistobereunitedwithhermissingmother.
