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will love Sign up for LibraryThing to find out whether you'll like this book. This was a nice book for older elementary and up students that manages to tell a story without inserting something discomforting to more conservative parents and teachers. Aside from the avalanche, I can't say there was a whole lot of excitement. It would be good to use in conjunction with a study of Switzerland and Italy in terms of geography, culture, and language.  smallmeadow | Apr 2, 2009 |  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)  kongsmom | Mar 8, 2009 | This book is hilarious! I really liked it. I love how she got "kidnapped" Overall, I really nice story (  ) mcollier | Dec 4, 2008 | sweet outsider story of a young girl going to live in Switzerland with her aunt and uncle. Recommended by my niece--thanks A! mochap | Oct 28, 2008 | This book is realistic fiction, and it is a great example because it is set in todays world. It is set in both U.S.A and in Switzerland, and during this time period. The characters are all very believable. I would say this would be appropriate for intermediate grades and up. I enjoyed it greatly and I would use this book in the classroom to show them what possibilities they have in life, and also how students around the world live. I think this book is a great example of plot, the plot goes up and down through out leaving the reader wanting more. In the end the book the plot is highly elevated, but there is good resolution in the end making everyone happy . (  ) kmcgiverin05 | Apr 1, 2008 |  no reviews | add a review
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That the kidnappers are actually Aunt Sandy and Uncle Max makes no difference to thirteen-year-old Domenica Santolina Doone, better known as Dinnie--she just doesn't want to go. Dinnie's accustomed to change, with her family constantly moving for "opportunity"--but when her aunt and uncle whisk her far away to an international school in Switzerland, she's not sure she's ready to face this "opportunity" alone.
All at once she finds herself in a foreign country, surrounded by kids from different cultures speaking all sorts of languages and sharing various beliefs. Home and her first life seem so far away.
But new friendships and the awesome beauty of Switzerland begin to unlock thoughts and dreams within her. Her joys and struggles make up a rich tapestry of experiences she can find nowhere else. Switzerland begins to be more than a temporary home--it becomes a part of Dinnnie herself, the self she never knew she could be.
Switzerland is the picturesque backdrop of Newbery Medal winner Sharon Creech's new novel about a young girl discovering the beauty of nature, her place in the world, the value of friendship--and that life is full of wonderful "bloomabilites."
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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