Lwalk Two Moons

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Walk Two Moons Chapters 1–11 Section 1 FOCUS ACTIVITY Think of a time when you took a long trip by car or bus. What was the purpose of the trip? How did you pass the time? Journal Entry In your journal, describe a road trip you have taken. Explain why you took the trip and how you passed the time along the way. Describe what affected you most during the journey. BACKGROUND Sal Hiddle, the narrator of Walk Two Moons, is unhappy when she and her father leave their Kentucky farm for the city of Euclid, Ohio. Unlike the fictional Bybanks, Euclid—like many of the locations mentioned in the book—actually exists. It is a city of about 55,000 located on the shores of Lake Erie, twelve miles from Cleveland, Ohio. In the novel, Sal complains that the houses are “all jammed together.” She might have preferred the Euclid of the early twentieth century, which was a small rural community known for the table grapes its farms produced. During and after World War II, Euclid expanded rapidly. City planners kept the business and industrial sections separate from the residential parts of town. But Sal doesn’t like the effect. She compares the houses to “little birdhouses in a row”! [pic][pic][pic][pic][pic][pic] THE TIME AND PLACE The year in which the action of Walk Two Moons occurs is never disclosed. The omission may be because the author sought to give the novel a sense of timelessness. If the time of Walk Two Moons is uncertain, however, the places are not. Euclid, Ohio, is a real city located northeast of Cleveland. Further, during the trip west, they stop at several well known places of interest. Among them are • Pipestone National Monument, Minnesota • Badlands National Park, South Dakota • Black Hills, South Dakota • Old Faithful, Wyoming • Lewiston, Idaho CRITIC’S CORNER The following excerpt is from a review of Walk Two Moons that appeared in

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