Sharon Creech

Walk Two Moons Sharon Creech

""How about a story? Spin us a yarn."" Instantly, Phoebe Winterbottom came to mind. ""I 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. In her own 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. ""Packed with humor and affection...an odyssey of unexpected twists and surprising conclusions."" -- Newbery Award Selection Committee ""Hope Davis brings this 1995 Newbery winner to life with an insightful performance."" -- AudioFile Magazine Sharon Creech is the author of the Newbery Medal winner Walk Two Moons and the Newbery Honor winner The Wanderer. Her other novels include The Castle Corona, Replay, Heartbeat, Ruby Holler, Love That Dog, Bloomability, Absolutely Normal Chaos, Chasing Redbird, and Pleasing the Ghost, as well as three picture books: A Fine, Fine School; Fishing in the Air; and Who's That Baby? After spending eighteen years teaching and writing in Europe, Sharon Creech and her husband have returned to the United States to live. Hope Davis' films include The Weather Man, Proof, Dumas, American Splendor (Golden Globe Nomination), The Secret Lives of Dentists (2003 Best Actress, New York Film Critics), About Schmidt, Hearts of Atlantis, Mumford, Arlington Road, Next Stop Wonderland, and Daytrippers. Her stage credits include A Midsummer Night's Dream, Spinning Into Butter, Ivanov, and Two Shakespearean Actors.