Walk Too Moons by Sharon Creech

This is three stories in one. The first being the trip 13 year-old Salamanca is taking across country with her Gram and Gramps. The second is of a girl Phoebe and her mother's disappearance and the third and final story is the underlying story of Sal's loss of her own mother.

Teachers: Here are some resources to help you teach Walk Two Moons..

Sharon Creech This is a link to Sharon Creech's website. This website offers everything from information on Creech, including a biliography, photographs, interview questions and answers, and contact information, to what I found most helpful, the Teacher's Guide.
Carol Hurst Children's Literature Site Everything from reviews to discussion starters and activities.

Vocabulary: Flashcards As a teacher you can go over these words before beginning to read so that the students are comfortable with worlds that maybe unknown or difficult.

Teaching Suggestions:

1. During Reading It might be a good idea to have a whole group or paired discussions addressing the importance of Sal telling Phoebe's story. Talking about sometimes it is hard for people to realize or share things that are too close or involve too many feelings and discuss the different ways people share things that are hard to talk about, how they work through their problems.

2. After Reading Students can write a story about something that has happened in their life while mixing in another story that has a similar story line, working in details from their own story in the other story. The story can be non-fiction or fiction depending on the students comfort level with sharing information.

Creech, Sharon. Walk Two Moons. New York: HarperCollins, 2001.