Bloomability - Sharon Creech • BookLikes (ISBN:006440823X)

Bloomability

by: Sharon Creech (author)

3.74 115

Set in the breathtaking landscape of Lugano, Switzerland, Bloomability is 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)

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Format: paperback

ISBN: 9780064408233 (006440823X)

Publish date: December 4th 2012

Publisher: HarperCollins

Pages no: 273

Edition language: English

Category:

Young Adult, Childrens, Teen, Travel, Academic, School, Realistic Fiction, Juvenile, Middle Grade, Coming Of Age, Contemporary

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An Un-Calibrated Centrifuge rated it

5 years ago

http://alison.booklikes.com An Un-Calibrated Centrifuge 5.0 Bloomability

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This is a book that I read and loved as a kid, and it still holds charm for me as an adult. One of my coworkers asked me which Sharon Creech I would do for Book Club, Walk Two Moons or Absolutely Normal Chaos and I immediately answered Bloomability. I don't know that it would actually make a great d...

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Jennifer108 rated it

9 years ago

http://Jennifer108.booklikes.com Jennifer108 3.0 bloomability

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This story was surprising because the start and the ending are so different.For example the way the chapters are written like chapter 1.first life 2.The dot 3.An opportunity, and far on they are all confusing because the book has different chapters about different things.Another reason that this boo...

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Anne's IntermittentroPolis rated it

19 years ago

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I remember reading this book in the summer of upcoming 6th grade. I loved and hated it. Doone is queer but I liked her. But I hated everyone else and their stupid personalities especially that whining roommate.

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Melody Murray's Books rated it

19 years ago

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Sweet, predictable, somewhat formulaic- kid goes to Switzerland, adjusts, makes friends, is sad to leave, grows in understanding, becomes more mature. Still, charming in parts, and quite readable.

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An Un-Calibrated Centrifuge rated it

26 years ago

http://alison.booklikes.com An Un-Calibrated Centrifuge 5.0

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Reread 11/3/11 Changed rating from four stars to five stars.

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