# Walk Two Moons

**Author:** Sharon Creech
**Lexile:** 770L
**Grade range:** Grades 4–8
**Age range:** 9–13
**First published:** 1994
**Page count:** 280
**Genre:** Middle Grade Fiction
**ISBN-13:** `9780064405171`
**ISBN-10:** `0064405176`
**Canonical URL:** https://readinglist.school/book/walk-two-moons
**License:** [CC BY 4.0](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/) — please credit ReadingList.school when citing.

## About this book

Thirteen-year-old Salamanca Tree Hiddle road-trips with her grandparents from Ohio to Idaho, telling them the story of her friend Phoebe — a frame for the real story of her own missing mother. Newbery Medal winner 1995, the novel is widely assigned in 5th-7th grade for its layered narrative structure.

## Themes

- loss of a parent
- Native American heritage
- friendship
- storytelling
- grief
- road trip

## Content notes

- death of parent
- grief
- off-page accident

Common Sense Media age recommendation: 10+

## Where this book is assigned

### Common Core State Standards (ELA)

- **recommended** · 5th grade — [source: CCSS ELA grades 4-5 Newbery Medal exemplar](https://achievethecore.org/page/2699)
- **recommended** · 5th grade · Ohio — [source: OH ELA grade 5 — frame-narrative Newbery winner](https://education.ohio.gov/)
- **recommended** · 6th grade — [source: CCSS ELA grades 6-8 Newbery Medal exemplar](https://achievethecore.org/page/2699)

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