Bloomability

By Sharon Creech

Book Overview

My second life began when I was kidnapped by two complete strangers . . . 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."

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0060269936
• ISBN13: 9780060269937
• Release Date: August 1998
• Publisher: HarperCollins
• Length: 288 Pages
• Weight: 1.11 lbs.
• Dimensions: 8.3" x 1.0" x 5.5"
• Age Range: 8 to 12 years
• Grade Range: Grades 3 to 7

Customer Reviews

AN INCREDIBLE BOOK

This is the best book I have read in a while; it is really a breath of fresh air. The characters are more complex, and the story line is more interesting, than any of her past books. Therefore I don't recommend it to novice readers. It is true beauty.

Gone.........Forever?

Will I ever see my family again, Dinnie wonders as her plane lifts from the ground of the U.S. Her bottom lip trembles as she asks her aunt and uncle where the three of them are going. Her brain bursts like a bomb when they answer........... Switzerland. The thirteen year old travels the landscape with her new foreign friends. She worries that she is getting too close to them. Dinnie thinks that her parents let her aunt and uncle take her away because they knew she could adapt easily to a new school and new friends. She got used to being adaptable when her family moved every 6 months, but she never learned a thing at her schools. Since she is adapting her aunt and uncle might not take her back to her parents. Is not adapting the answer to her problem? If not, what is? Will she ever see her family again? Why did her parents let them take her away? Did they want her to leave? Help find the answers to these questions by reading Bloomability by Sharon Creech.

Bloomability by:Sharon Creech

Dinni's family have always moved around "The States" because their father has always been searching for a new job. Her family is her mother and father and her older brother Crick and older sister Stella. When ever they would move to a new place Crick would always find himself bad friends and get into trouble with them and Stella would always be chased by boys. Finaly one day Dinni's aunt and uncle take her to live in Switzerland with them. Dinni's uncle was a school's headmaster, and that was the school Dinni had to go to. In the school there were lots of different groups of people, like japanese and chineses and italian. There Dinni didn't feel like she was an outcast because everyone else was different just like her. I really lioked this book because it seems very interesting. Like seeing a whole new life by reading this book. You just read this book and see it all really happening. The characters were very lively and enjoying! But one character always annoyed me. Lila. She was such a pain and a racist! She needed everone to be american! Lila was just an annoying character and always was so mean to Dinni and all the immigrant students! I really hated her out of the whole book! Readers you should really read this book. It is very interesting, especially to immigrants or travelers. It isn't about a typical boring girl's life, it's about a nomad finaaly settleing down away from her family and learning in a totaly different school. So take time and read this enjoying book. ^-^

Bloomability

Bloomability is about a young teenage girl named Dinnie who is torn between her "first" and "second" life. In her first life her family follows her father across the United States, while he chases various "opportunities". After several years of constant moving and problems with Dinnie's siblings, Dinnie's mother and aunt decide to give her an "opportunity" of her own. This marks the beginning of her "second" life in Switzerland. Dinnie feels that she has been taken against her will and is victim of kidnapping by her Aunt Sandy and Uncle Max. Dinnie is faced with the challenge of starting her new life and yearning for her past life. In her "second" life she meets many interesting and diverse people with whom she embarks on countless adventures throughout Switzerland. Read this book to see how Dinnie blooms into a well-adjusted young lady.

wonderful!

BLOOMABILITY was my first book from Sharon Creech and i have to say i've never read a book with a plot so original and interesting and of course, entertaining. The first few chapters were kind of confusing and uninteresting, but eventually, from the views of Dinnie, i learned to love this book. It's a MUST read!