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In her own singularly beautiful style, Newbery Medal winner Sharon Creech intricately weaves together two tales, one funny, one bittersweet, to create a heartwarming, compelling, and utterly moving story of love, loss, and the complexity of human emotion. 

Thirteen-year-old Salamanca Tree Hiddle, proud of her country roots and the "Indian-ness in her blood," travels from Ohio to Idaho with her eccentric grandparents. Along the way, she tells them of the story of Phoebe Winterbottom, who received mysterious messages, who met a "potential lunatic," and whose mother disappeared.

As Sal entertains her grandparents with Phoebe's outrageous story, her own story begins to unfold—the story of a thirteen-year-old girl whose only wish is to be reunited with her missing mother.

这是一本文学书。13岁的乡村女孩萨拉因为妈妈的意外出走，和爸爸一起搬家到了俄亥俄州的一个小城镇。她怀念家乡的栗树、柳树、枫树、干草地、可以恣意游泳的洼地和农场上的动物朋友们。当然，她不能释怀的是妈妈出走，她无法理解妈妈的离开。但妈妈在离家途中每一站寄给萨拉明信片上，写满了对萨拉深深的爱。萨拉决定和爷爷奶奶一起开车沿着妈妈去往爱达荷州的路线走上一趟，去看看妈妈看过的风景，要在妈妈生日那天找到她。书中故事语言描写优美，萨拉回忆中那个广阔、安静、温暖和充满灵性的家乡，妈妈的善良、温柔和爱意，都从作者的笔尖缓缓流淌出来，如一道道潺潺的小溪直抵读者的心底。故事情节跌宕起伏，环环相扣，让人总有一口气读完的冲动。“不要轻易对他人下判断，除非你曾从他的角度出发，走一遍他走过的路，走过两个月亮。”书名即来源于书中这句西方习语。萨拉在漫长曲折的寻找旅行中，逐渐明白了这个道理，对亲情、友情、爱情都有了更深刻的理解，也学会了面对离别，珍惜当下所拥有的一切。