Bloomability by Sharon Creech

Bloomability by Sharon Creech is a story about a girl, Dinnie, and her journey to find herself and her home. Dinnie’s family isn’t quite like most other peoples’families. They continually move around the country while her dad chases down a string of different “opportunities”. So as to save her from the troubled fates of her older sister and brother , Dinnie is shipped off to Lugano, Switzerland to live with her uncle and aunt who run an American school.The story is fast paced and wonderfully descriptive. Dinnie makes friends with students from all over the world. Together they have adventures throughout the Swiss Alps, and learn that where you are from doesn’t really matter, and that they are all both very alike and very different from each other. This is a book that you won’t want to put down and as soon as you finish you won’t want to wait to start your own journey.