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This richly layered novel is in turn funny, mysterious, and touching. Sharon Creech's original voice tells a story like no other, one that readers will not soon forget.
Gramps says that I am a country girl at heart, and that is true.
Thirteen-year-old Salamanca Tree Hiddle, proud of her country roots and the
"Indian-ness in her blood," travels from Ohio to Idaho with her
eccentric grandparents. Along the way, she tells them of the story of Phoebe
Winterbottom, who received mysterious messages, who met a "potential
lunatic," and whose mother disappeared.
Beneath Phoebe's stories Salamanca's own story and that of her mother, who
left on April morning for Idaho, promising to return before the tulips bloomed.
Sal's mother has not, however, returned, and the trip to Idaho takes on a
growing urgency as Salamanca hopes to get to Idaho in time for her mother's
birthday and bring her back, despite her father's warning that she is fishing in
the air.
This richly layered novel is in turn funny, mysterious, and touching. Sharon
Creech's original voice tells a story like no other, one that readers will not
soon forget.
Winner of the 1995 Newbery Medal
A 1995 ALA Notable Children's Book
School Library Journal Best Book of 1994
Winner of a 1994 Bulletin Blue Ribbon
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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