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Publication

1998 - HarperCollins Publishers, New York, New York (State)

Language

English

Word Count

68,250 words, Guess

Page Count

273 pages

Identifiers

and 8 more
  • ISBN-139780060269937
  • ISBN-139780060269944
  • Goodreads742273', '7309826
  • LibraryThing1532044
  • Library of Congress Control Number98014601
  • Better World Books9780060269944
  • Better World Books9780060269937
  • Open LibraryOL354849M

Classifications

  • DDC[Fic]
  • LCCPZ7.C8615 Bl 1998
  • LCCPZ7.C8615Bl 1998

Description

Set in the breathtaking landscape of Lugano, Switzerland, Bloomabilityis Sharon Creech at her very best.When 13-year-old Dinnie Doone is plucked out of her troubled life by her aunt and uncle and whisked away to an international school in Switzerland, her world is turned upside down. Suddenly surrounded by different cultures, languages, and beliefs, Dinnie struggles to holdon to her past life. Gradually, through friendships and experiences she could have nowhere else, she learns to trust herself and discovers the beautiful "bloomabilities" her new life has to offer.01 Blue Spruce Award Masterlist (YA Cat.), 00-01 Young Hoosier Book Award Masterlist (Grds. 6-8), Pacific NW Library Assoc. 2001 Young Reader's Choice Award Masterlist, and 00-01 South Carolina Book Award Masterlist(Grds 6-9) Young Adult's Choices for 2000 (IRA)

Description

When her aunt and uncle take her from New Mexico to Lugano, Switzerland, to attend an international school, thirteen-year-old Dinnie discovers an expanding world and her place within it.

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