“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
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"This is another good book by Sharon Creech. The author does a great job of portraying her characters. Her main character is a 13 year old girl dealing with death, love, guilt, growing up, and trying to figure out who she is. Even though I didn't have to deal with all of the situations she does, it strongly reminded me of how I felt and thought at that age, which shows that growing up is a fairly universal thing, we all struggle with similar issues."
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Amy (4 out of 5 stars)