#125 in Middle grade
Walk Two Moons
- 288
- Pages
- about 5 h
- Reading time
- Newbery Medal
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Our view
Tender and cleverly layered, “Walk Two Moons” is a children’s novel about grief that moves adults as surely as young readers. On a long car journey with her eccentric grandparents, thirteen-year-old Sal tells a friend’s story, and that story slowly casts light on her own. Some readers praise how its small mysteries fold into each other and meet at the close. It is a sad book as well as a beautiful one.
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About the book
Walk Two Moons is a novel written by Sharon Creech, published by HarperCollins in 1994 and winner of the 1995 Newbery Medal. The novel was originally intended as a follow-up to Creech's previous novel Absolutely Normal Chaos; but the idea was changed after she began writing it. The book is often taught in elementary and middle schools across the world since the book is considered a classic example of what it means to judge, come to terms with death, and connecting with the people who surround us.
Where the score comes from
The sources average 7.5 across 168 ratings — not yet many, so the reader vote carries 53% of the weight and the rest pulls toward the Middle grade average of 8.0. That is how 7.7 comes out.
| Source | Average | Ratings | Weight |
|---|---|---|---|
| Open Library | 7.9 | 18 | 11% |
| Google Books | 10.0 | 6 | 4% |
| Hardcover | 7.3 | 144 | 86% |
Frequently asked
What age is Walk Two Moons for?
Walk Two Moons sits on the Middle grade shelf in the sources we use, which by convention means roughly ages 8–12. This is a guide from the book’s category, not a publisher’s age rating. It has 288 pages — longer than 50% of the ranked books in Middle grade.
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