OL15514810W Page-progression lr Page_number_confidence 88.85 Pages 294 Ppi 514 Related-external-id urn:isbn:0060269936 Urn:lcp:bloomability1999cree:epub:2962897a-f909-4478-a990-5858c51ed8ce Extramarc The Indiana University Catalog Foldoutcount 0 Identifier bloomability1999cree Identifier-ark ark:/13960/t0ft9c871 Isbn 0439104769ĩ780439133067 Ocr ABBYY FineReader 8.0 Ocr_converted abbyy-to-hocr 1.1.20 Ocr_module_version 0.0.16 Openlibrary_edition 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.Access-restricted-item true Addeddate 22:25:48 Boxid IA118613 Boxid_2 CH108901 Camera Canon EOS 5D Mark II City New York Curatenote shipped Donor Dinnie arrives in Switzerland and becomes a pupil at an international boarding school high in the mountains. Then, without warning, she was snatched by total strangers and taken far away to the other side of the world. In each new town her family landed in deeper trouble.

In Dinnie's first life she moved home a dozen times. Switzerland begins to be more than a temporary home-it becomes a part of Dinnnie herself, the self she never knew she could be. The second life of Dinnie Doone began when she was thirteen. Her joys and struggles make up a rich tapestry of experiences she can find nowhere else. Home and her first life seem so far away.īut new friendships and the awesome beauty of Switzerland begin to unlock thoughts and dreams within her. 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.Īll at once she finds herself in a foreign country, surrounded by kids from different cultures speaking all sorts of languages and sharing various beliefs. 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. My second life began when I was kidnapped by two complete strangers.

Bloomability by Sharon Creech