Sharon Creech
From Newbery Medal winner and bestselling author Sharon Creech comes a grand, sweeping yarn that is a celebration of the great and unexpected gifts of love, friendship, and forgiveness. With a starred review from ,Kirkus, ,Reviews, calling it an "enchanting tale to treasure," ,The Great Unexpected, captures the heart and the imagination.,Humorous and heartfelt, this is a story of pairsâ€”of young Naomi and Lizzie, both orphans in present-day Blackbird Tree, USA, and of Sybil and Nula, grown-up sisters from faraway Rook's Orchard, Ireland, who have become estranged.,Young Naomi Deane is brimming with curiosity and her best friend, Lizzie Scatterding, could talk the ears off a cornfield. Naomi has a knack for being around when trouble happens. She knows all the peculiar people in townâ€”like Crazy Cora and Witch Wiggins. But then, one day, a boy drops out of a tree. Just like that. A strangely charming Finn boy. And then the Dingle Dangle man appears, asking all kinds of questions. Curious surprises are revealedâ€”three locked trunks, a pair of rooks, a crooked bridge, and that boyâ€”and soon Naomi and Lizzie find their lives changed forever.,As two worlds are woven together, Creech reveals that hearts can be mended and that there is indeed a gossamer thread that connects us all.
Childrens,Middle Grade,Fantasy,Fiction,Realistic Fiction,Childrens,Mystery,Young Adult,Childrens,Juvenile,Family,Magical Realism
The Great Unexpected