As it starts to rush and descend upon her, Sophie wakes up. Though she loves the idea of the sea, she has a recurring nightmare that a massive wave floats over her. She writes about her intense fear of the sea, as well as her equally intense wish to join her family on a transatlantic voyage to England to visit distant relatives. The reader learns that Sophie is a thirteen-year-old teenager surrounded by male cousins (Brian and Cody) and uncles (Mo, Dock, and Stew - whose real names are Moses, Jonah, and Ulysses). The book opens with Sophie’s first diary entry. Narrated mostly by Sophie, The Wanderer is told through alternating diary entries from Sophie and her cousin, the benevolent jokester Cody. Many of Creech’s stories ask how young people can find a stable self-definition and locate happiness within their difference. Walk Two Moons, like The Wanderer, features a thirteen-year-old female protagonist whose main goal is to discover who she is and where she fits into her family she deflects the truth of her past by telling amusing and seemingly tangential stories. Bybanks is also referenced in The Wanderer. Bybanks appears in depth in three other books: Walk Two Moons, Chasing Redbird (1997), and Bloomability (1998). The fictional Bybanks, Kentucky is based off the real Quincy, Kentucky where Creech visited cousins on a farm, played in a swimming hole and barn, and told stories on the porch late at night, activities she said were essential to the adult she became. Home, family, resilience, and self-discovery are major themes in Creech’s work. She has authored twenty-three books for children and adolescents, all of which have received positive reviews. Creech became the first writer to win both awards in her lifetime-1995 for Walk Two Moons and 2002 for Ruby Holler. Written by Ohio native Sharon Creech, The Wanderer, published in 2000, was nominated for the Newbery Medal for Children’s Literature and the Carnegie Medal for British Children’s Literature.
0 Comments
Leave a Reply. |
AuthorWrite something about yourself. No need to be fancy, just an overview. ArchivesCategories |