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Book Description:
Set in the breathtaking landscape of Lugano, Switzerland, Bloomability is Sharon Creech at her very best.When 13-year-old Dinnie Doone is plucked out of her troubled life by her aunt and uncle and whisked away to an international school in Switzerland, her world is turned upside down. Suddenly surrounded by different cultures, languages, and beliefs, Dinnie struggles to holdon to her past life. Gradually, through friendships and experiences she could have nowhere else, she learns to trust herself and discovers the beautiful "bloomabilities" her new life has to offer.
01 Blue Spruce Award Masterlist (YA Cat.), 00-01 Young Hoosier Book Award Masterlist (Grds. 6-8), Pacific NW Library Assoc. 2001 Young Reader's Choice Award Masterlist, and 00-01 South Carolina Book Award Masterlist(Grds 6-9)
Young Adult's Choices for 2000 (IRA)
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Genres:
- Children's Books >> People & Places >> Family Life >> New Experiences
- Children's Books >> People & Places >> Social Issues >> New Experiences
- Children's Books >> Ages 9-12 >> General
- Teens >> Authors, A-Z >> ( C ) >> Creech, Sharon
- Substores >> Reading Group Guides >> Literature & Fiction >> Popular Fiction
Other Versions of this Book: Hardcover, Audio Cassette (Unabridged)
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A young girl with a creative mind takes an adventurous leap to a new life with her family and friends.
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Classic Creech. Not as good as some of her other books, but interesting and full of intriguing characters.