About this item
Highlights
- "Intriguing, delightful, and touching.
- 8-12 Years
- 7.54" x 5.26" Paperback
- 272 Pages
- Juvenile Fiction, Social Themes
Description
About the Book
The Newbery Medal-winning author of "Walk Two Moons" tells a story of love, loss, and understanding that will warm readers hearts everywhere. When 13-year-old Zinny Taylor discovers an overgrown path in the woods, she sets out to make it her own special place.Book Synopsis
"Intriguing, delightful, and touching." --School Library Journal (starred review)
"Creech's best yet." --Publishers Weekly (starred review)
It started out as an ordinary summer. But the minute thirteen-year-old Zinny discovered the old, overgrown trail that ran through the woods behind her family's house, she realized that things were about to change.
It was her chance to finally make people notice her, and to have a place she could call her very own. But more than that, Zinny knew that the trail somehow held the key to all kinds of questions. And that the only way to understand her family, her Aunt Jessie's death, and herself, was to find out where it went.
From Newbery Medal-winning author Sharon Creech comes a story of love, loss, and understanding, an intricately woven tale of a young girl who sets out in search of her place in the world--and discovers it in her own backyard.
An ALA Best Book for Young Adults
From the Back Cover
Zinny Taylor: Explorer
It started out as an ordinary summer. But the minute thirteen-year-old Zinny discovered the old, overgrown trail that ran through the woods behind her family's house, she realized that things were about to change.
Right from the start, Zinny knew that uncovering the trail would be more than just a summer project. It was her chance to finally make people notice her, and to have a place she could call her very own. But more than that, Zinny knew that the trail somehow held the key to all kinds of questions. And that the only way to understand her family, her Aunt Jessie's death, and herself was to find out where it went.
From Newbery Medal-winning author Sharon Creech comes an intricately woven tale of a young girl who sets out in search of her place in the world--and discovers it in her own backyard.
Review Quotes
"Intriguing, delightful, and touching." -- School Library Journal (starred review)
"Creech's best yet." -- Publishers Weekly (starred review)