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Bloomability
Bloomability | Sharon Creech
11 posts | 25 read | 4 to read
The second life of Dinnie Doone began when she was thirteen. In Dinnie's first life she moved home a dozen times. In each new town her family landed in deeper trouble. Then, without warning, she was snatched by total strangers and taken far away to the other side of the world. Dinnie arrives in Switzerland and becomes a pupil at an international boarding school high in the mountains. Separated from her family, she starts a new life that's strange and frightening . . . beautiful and full of adventure.
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ahoffkosik
Bloomability | Sharon Creech
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This week‘s book — Sharon Creech‘s BLOOMABILITY — took author Kaitlyn Hill and I on a dreamy journey to a Swiss boarding school… and as you‘ll hear on Episode 247 of my book podcast, we loved every moment of the ride. Tune in to hear us chat about dysfunctional families, the timelessness of Sharon Creech‘s work, dream journals, making new friends, and more. Listen at the link in my bio! 🌸🏔️

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megnews
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Swiss boarding school anyone? This was a quick middle grade audio.

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sarahbellum
Bloomability | Sharon Creech
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My first #roll100 read complete ✅

My roll list is the first 100 books on my TBR list and I‘ve wanted to read this one since I was a teenager. I loved me some Sharon Creech! Definitely felt some wanderlust while reading the MC‘s experiences at a Swiss boarding school, but I only consider this a soft pick. Some elements of the story felt underdeveloped and left me wondering about a lot of loose ends

PuddleJumper Awesome! 2y
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sarahbellum
Bloomability | Sharon Creech
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Decided to participate in #roll100 as well to further help with my massive TBR. Instead of writing out a separate list, I decided to go with the first 100 books on my GR TBR to focus in on the titles that have been TBR the longest. Since I started my TBR in high school, the first 100 are pretty YA heavy, as you can see from these first two rolls. I loved Creech as a teen, so I‘m especially looking forward to Bloomability

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PuddleJumper Such a good idea! Hopefully they will still be enjoyable reads 2y
sarahbellum @PuddleJumper The original 49th book on the list didn‘t sound appealing to me anymore, so I removed it and picked the one after instead. One way or another, the TBR pile will go down! ☺️ 2y
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sallie
Bloomability | Sharon Creech

If I was full of struggles, maybe I was interesting!

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Carinna.Chin
Bloomability | Sharon Creech
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Realistic fiction read, would pre-teach vocab for ELL and non-ELLs. UDL foster collaboration and community. A story about adolescence and finding oneself. A girl is "kidnapped" from her loving family and thrown somewhere she isn't particularly fond of at first. Would use as LC. I read this book the summer before 6th grade! Teacher resource https://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Browse/Search:bloomability #Lae3414spring19

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bookandcat
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#backpackeurope travelogue *fictional*
Country 43: On my way out of Liechtenstein, I stopped in Lugano, Switzerland, a beautiful lakeside and mountainside town that is the setting for Bloomability. It was nice to revisit.
I love Sharon Creech and this might be my favorite book by her. Dinnie and her boarding schoolmates are rendered so beautifully in a coming of age story. A reread, this was the book that made me love the Italian language. 5/5

bookandcat @jenp @bookwormm (no points added for repeat country) 6y
SamanthaMarie I LOVE Bloomability. Definitely top two Sharon Creech. The other being, Walk Two Moons. I'm working on owning all of hers in paperback. 6y
bookandcat @SamanthaMarie I need to reread Walk Two Moons and Absolutely Normal Chaos (the first two books of hers I read, but I don't own either). I love Chasing Redbird as well. I haven't read everything by her yet, though. Such a great writer. 6y
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kaylscampbell
Bloomability | Sharon Creech
Mehso-so

For younger girls.

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2BR02B
Bloomability | Sharon Creech
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My favorite vegan-friendly bakery just announced they will be rebranding into "Bloom Bindery, a cookie bakery, coffeeshop, and bookstore." ???

Welp. I'm going to be fat and broke, but at least I'll be well-read! ??

HardcoverHearts Dream!! 6y
Eggs I want to go!! 6y
Craftylikefox That sounds amazing 🤤 6y
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rather_be_reading omg awesome! 😍 6y
Redwritinghood That sounds like a good trade-off to me! What city is this in? I may have to visit. 6y
Clare-Dragonfly I want to live there! I mean, go there. Definitely just go. 6y
2BR02B @Redwritinghood It's in Middleton, which is a suburb of Madison, WI. 6y
jamie_in_the_library Ooh! I think a Madison/Wisconsin meet up needs to happen the near future. I‘ve been to the Monroe St location a few times, but it‘s been a while since I was at the Middleton shop 🎂❤️ 6y
2BR02B @jamie_in_the_library @BethM usually organizes them, so follow her if you don't already! We should definitely have another before the end of the summer. 6y
jamie_in_the_library @2BR02B Now following! Thanks! 6y
BethM This would be a great space to meet! Do they have gathering space? 6y
2BR02B @BethM Their previous space was miniscule, but I'm guessing the new digs will be much larger. So, quite possibly. I'll investigate! 6y
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Lydiamansel
Bloomability | Sharon Creech
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Still good