Bloomability

Name: Bloomability
Author: Sharon Creech
ISBN: 9780064408233

by Sharon Creech (1999)

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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)

Setting / LocationGlobal

Story EraModern Era

Protagonist / CoreBloomability Lead Character

Themes & Moods

Young Adult (YA)Boarding schools Boarding schools in fiction Fiction Juvenile fiction Schools Modern Era

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