Sharon Creech

Author of Walk Two Moons

Includes the names: Shsron Crch, Shaon Creech, Sharon Crecch, Sharon Greech, Sharon Creech, Sharon Creech

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Sharon Creech was on born July 29, 1945 in South Euclid, Ohio, a suburb of Cleveland. She was in college when she took literature and writing courses and became intrigued by story-telling. Later, she was a teacher (high school English and writing) in England and in Switzerland. Her novel Walk Two Moons received in 1995 Newbery Medal; The Wanderer was a 2001 Newbery Honor book and Ruby Holler received the 2002 Carnegie Medal. In 2007, Heartbeat was a finalist in the Junior Division (4th to 6th grades) of the Young Reader's Choice Awards, sponsored by the Pacific Northwest Library Association. She has written over 15 fiction novels for young readers. She is married to Lyle Rigg, who is the headmaster of The Pennington School in Pennington, New Jersey, and have two grown children, Rob and Karin. (Bowker Author Biography) — biography from Walk Two Moons… (more)

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Walk Two Moons

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Works by Sharon Creech

Walk Two Moons 9,432 copies, 302 reviews

Love That Dog 5,756 copies, 333 reviews

The Wanderer 3,615 copies, 36 reviews

Ruby Holler 2,614 copies, 55 reviews

Chasing Redbird 2,134 copies, 30 reviews

Bloomability 2,033 copies, 39 reviews

Absolutely Normal Chaos 1,782 copies, 26 reviews

Hate That Cat 1,619 copies, 79 reviews

Granny Torrelli Makes Soup 1,540 copies, 30 reviews

Heartbeat 1,510 copies, 76 reviews

Replay 1,034 copies, 16 reviews

A Fine, Fine School 869 copies, 36 reviews

Pleasing the Ghost 779 copies, 8 reviews

The Castle Corona 612 copies, 19 reviews

Saving Winslow 466 copies, 10 reviews

Moo 457 copies, 27 reviews

The Great Unexpected 405 copies, 24 reviews

The Unfinished Angel 353 copies, 20 reviews

The Boy on the Porch 324 copies, 26 reviews

Fishing in the Air 154 copies, 5 reviews

One Time 79 copies, 6 reviews

Who's That Baby? New-Baby Songs 31 copies, 3 reviews

Sharon Creech Box Set: Absolutely Normal Chaos, Walk Two Moons, Chasing… 24 copies, 1 review

A Smart, Smart School 9 copies, 1 review

Bloomability / Walk Two Moons 3 copies

Baby Shark: Happy Valentine's Day, Baby Shark! 3 copies

Sharon Creech 3-Book Box Set: Love That Dog, Hate That Cat, Moo 2 copies

Chasing Red/Heartbeat/Ruby Holler/The Wanderer/Walk Two Moons 2 copies

Absolutely Normal Chaos / Walk Two Moons 1 copy

Absolutely Normal Chaos / Bloomability / Chasing Redbird / Walk Two Moons… 1 copy

Books 1 copy

Bloomability / Ruby Holler 1 copy

Newbery Award Series: Shadow of a Bull, Walk Two Moons, The View From… 1 copy

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Funny Business: Conversations with Writers of Comedy (Contributor) 69 copies

Acting Out (Contributor) 66 copies, 3 reviews

911: The Book of Help (Contributor) 44 copies, 1 review

Guys Read: Heroes and Villains (Contributor) 44 copies

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