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ROPHY NEWBERyiM
"How about a story? Spin us a yarn." Instantly, Phoebe Winterbottom came to mind. "J could tell you an extensively strange story," I warned. "Oh, good!" Gram said. "Delicious!" And that is how I happened to tell them about Phoebe, her disappearing mother, and the lunatic.
As Sal entertains her grandparents with Phoebe's outrageous story, her own story begins to unfold—the story of a thirteen-year-old girl whose only wish is to be reunited with her missing mother.
In her own award-winning style, Sharon Creech intricately weaves together two tales, one funny, one bittersweet, to create a heartwarming, compelling, and utterly moving story of love, loss, and the complexity of human emotion.
"A richly layered novel about real and metaphorical journeys."
—School Library Journal
"Packed with humor and affection an odyssey of unexpected twists and surprising conclusions."—J 995 Newbery Award Selection Committee
WINNEROFTHE 1995 NEWBERYMEDAL
A 1995 ALA Notable...
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ROPHY NEWBERyiM
"How about a story? Spin us a yarn." Instantly, Phoebe Winterbottom came to mind. "J could tell you an extensively strange story," I warned. "Oh, good!" Gram said. "Delicious!" And that is how I happened to tell them about Phoebe, her disappearing mother, and the lunatic.
As Sal entertains her grandparents with Phoebe's outrageous story, her own story begins to unfold—the story of a thirteen-year-old girl whose only wish is to be reunited with her missing mother.
In her own award-winning style, Sharon Creech intricately weaves together two tales, one funny, one bittersweet, to create a heartwarming, compelling, and utterly moving story of love, loss, and the complexity of human emotion.
"A richly layered novel about real and metaphorical journeys."
—School Library Journal
"Packed with humor and affection an odyssey of unexpected twists and surprising conclusions."—J 995 Newbery Award Selection Committee
WINNEROFTHE 1995 NEWBERYMEDAL
A 1995 ALA Notable Children's Book
School Library Journal Best Book of 1994
Winner of a 1994 Bulletin Blue Bibbon
A Notable Children's Trade Book in the Language Arts (NCTE)
Winner of the 1997 Heartland Award for Excellence in Young Adult Literature
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