Crossing Montana

Crossing Montana through Laura Torres Holiday House, 2002 119 pp $ 1595 Family Issues ISBN: 0-8234-1643-7

Callie decides to take charge, and search for her grandfather who has disappeared. And on what account shouldn't she? After all, Callie has been in charge of her younger brother greatest in quantity of his life, and she has taken care of herself since her have father died. And now, to her dismay, all Callie's mother and grandmother have the appearance to care about is auctioning not upon the family farm.

Young Callie thinks that she knows exactly where her missing grandfather has gone-fishing in the lakes of Montana. with equal reason Callie takes the car, more [i]or[/i] less easy-to-grab-cash, and her mom's handy credit card, and heads to the true state where her father died. What Callie doesn't number on, though, is an unexpect stowaway in her car's back seat; a credit card that simply won't work; and literally centurys of great fishing spots to search all above Montana. If ever there was a time she necessityed a friend to help her with her travails, the time is now.

In the spirit of Sharon Creech's Newbery Medal winner, Walk sum of two units Moons, author Laura Torres takes her readers upon a journey towards self-understanding by dint of underlining the importance of family history to uncovering who we really are.

Lu Ann Brobst Staheli

Spanish Fork, Utah

Copyright Assembly upon Literature for Adolescents -- National Council of Teachers of English Fall 2002

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