Walk Two Moons is a novel by Sharon Creech about Salamanca Hiddle and a story she tells her grandparents while on a road trip across the country. As they drive to Idaho, Sharon tells the story of her friends Phoebe, whose mother disappeared, and Ben, who becomes a close friend. Salamanca begins to identify with Phoebe's story and the themes of death, loss and women's identity crop up in both narratives.
The major themes in the story include the development of new relationships, dealing with grief, love, death, cultural identity, women's roles as mothers and wives, the hardships of life, and the adventures of misunderstandings and coming to terms with reality. In 1997, it also won the Literaturhaus Award, Austria, and the Newberry Award. Creech drew on her own background for many of the book's themes and images, including Sal's love of nature, her relationship with her mother, and the road trip to Idaho that frames the narrative. In an interview, Creech said that she found the aphorism that gives the book its title ("Don't judge a man until you've walked two moons in his moccasins") in a fortune cookie.
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