Creech, S. (1997). Walk two moons. HarperCollins.
Walk Two Moons is a great book to illustrate flashback. The author does a good job of keeping the reader entertained with many examples of the past to help the reader understand the development of the characters.
Creech also is a master at creating a story within a story. While you are learning about Sal and her family, you also get the story of Gram and Gramps, Phoebe and the Winterbottoms, The Finney's, and Ben.
Exposition: Sal is a young girl struggling with the disappearance of her mother.
Conflict: She agrees to go on a road trip with her grandparents to find her mom by her mother's birthday. Throughout her journey, she meets several people who have an impact on her life; her friend Phoebe and the Winterbottom family, Ms. Cadaver, and Ben.
Rising Action: A problem occurs when her grandmother becomes ill just a few miles from where her mother is located.
Conflict: Sal struggles with the decision to continue on her journey alone.
Falling Action: While at the site of her mother's death, a sheriff shows up and takes Sal back to her Grandpa where she learns her grandmother had passed away.
Resolution: Sal returns to Bybanks with the knowledge that she had known all along confirmed.
*Newberry Medal
Walk Two Moons is a great book to illustrate flashback. The author does a good job of keeping the reader entertained with many examples of the past to help the reader understand the development of the characters.
Creech also is a master at creating a story within a story. While you are learning about Sal and her family, you also get the story of Gram and Gramps, Phoebe and the Winterbottoms, The Finney's, and Ben.
Exposition: Sal is a young girl struggling with the disappearance of her mother.
Conflict: She agrees to go on a road trip with her grandparents to find her mom by her mother's birthday. Throughout her journey, she meets several people who have an impact on her life; her friend Phoebe and the Winterbottom family, Ms. Cadaver, and Ben.
Rising Action: A problem occurs when her grandmother becomes ill just a few miles from where her mother is located.
Conflict: Sal struggles with the decision to continue on her journey alone.
Falling Action: While at the site of her mother's death, a sheriff shows up and takes Sal back to her Grandpa where she learns her grandmother had passed away.
Resolution: Sal returns to Bybanks with the knowledge that she had known all along confirmed.
*Newberry Medal
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