Mention this book to any middle schooler who has read it, and you get a wistful sigh. Boys and girls alike love this sad, sometimes heartbreaking story about Salamanca Hiddle. She tells the story of a friend, Phoebe Winterbottom, while on a car trip with her grandparents. Along the way, Sal deals with the emotions she is carrying. The book is about loss, but Creech's knack for understanding the emotions of a middle school kid shine in this quirky, loveable novel. Although the reading is easy, this book's audience is hard to place--much like Creech's other books. The style is simple and understandable for fourth to seventh grade, and appeals to kids in all those grade levels. However, Creech's frequent use of flashback can sometimes confuse a struggling reader. This is a new classic as far as I'm concerned, and it has received well-deserved recognition as a novel of excellence for middle school kids. I like to think of Sharon Creech as the Barbara Kingsolver of middle school writers.Read full review
Recommended ready by middle school and grandson seems to enjoy it.
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Good reading
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I bought the book for my cousin to read for school. She thought the book was boring but she read it because her school required her to read during the summer. There is nothing that I did not like about this book because I am not the one who had to read this book. I am not willing to compare this book to other books because I am not the one who read it. I know she told me that she like others books rather than this one.
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