Friday, February 29, 2008

BLOOMABILITY by Sharon Creech

Domenica Santolina Doone (Dinnie) has lived in many places in the U.S. with her mom, dad, Stella (her sister), and Crick (her brother). One day when Dinnie was in New Mexico her Uncle Max and Aunt Sandy took her to Lugano, Switzerland so she could go to school there. The problem is she doesn’t want to go. Her uncle was the headmaster there. When she gets to the school, Domenica meets new friends like Lila, Belen, Guthrie, and Keisuke. At St. Mortiz Dinnie goes skiing for the first time with the skis she got from her aunt and uncle at Christmas. There was an avalanche warning when they were there, but the problem was Guthrie was still skiing and was nowhere to be seen. My favorite part was during Domenica’s second time skiing. Lila and Guthrie were racing an avalanche down a mountain while skiing. Domenica didn’t want to ski that day and Belen and Keisuke stopped skiing early, so they weren’t in danger. But Lila fell. Will the avalanche reach her? Will Guthrie survive?

Pia

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