Walk Two Moons by Creech, Sharon

“Walk Two Moons” is a Newbery award winning book that tells the reader a story of a Native American girl, whose name is Salamanca Tree Hiddle. Her parents named her after the tribe to which her Gramp (grandfather) supposedly belonged. Everybody called her Sal though. Sal used to live in a small town in Kentucky until her mother left them. As it turned out the reason why mother left them so abruptly, was because she suffered a miscarriage and was told that she would never have kids again. She became extremely depressed, and one day left to Idaho to get away, promising to return “before the tulips bloomed”.  Sal’s dad waited for his wife for a long time, but eventually decided that it was very hard to live in a place where everything reminded him of her. So, one day Sal’s father packed up all of their belongings and moved the family to Ohio to start a new life. Sal hated the fact that they had to move; she loved her home where everything reminded her of her mother. But in Ohio things were different and foreign. So, to trace the path of her missing mother, Sal decided to travel to Idaho with her grandparents; she was convinced that that she would find her right before her mom’s birthday. Since the trip to Idaho was very long, Sal entertained her grandparents with the stories of her friend, Phoebe Winterbottom (whom her grandma called Peeby). Phoebe’s story was a lot like Sal’s; her mom disappeared one day and left a note that she would return. So, Phoebe and Sal were determined to find her. Acting like little detectives they were able to locate Mrs. Winterbottoms and bring her back home, but what about Sal's mother? Did she find her mother too? Read to find out.