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.

Beneath Phoebe's stories Salamanca's own story and that of her mother, who left on April morning for Idaho, promising to return before the tulips bloomed. Sal's mother has not, however, returned, and the trip to Idaho takes on a growing urgency as Salamanca hopes to get to Idaho in time for her mother's birthday and bring her back, despite her father's warning that she is fishing in the air.

This richly layered novel is in turn funny, mysterious, and touching. Sharon Creech's original voice tells a story like no other, one that readers will not soon forget.

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3 years ago

Read the following passage from The Odyssey and answer the question that follows.

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The line from the passage that shows the characteristics of a hero in an epic is B. Who’d brave it out with me to hoist our stake and grind it into his eye when sleep had overcome him?

This refers to the character that is supernaturally strong and exceptional and is backed by gods and goddesses on a quest.

Hence, we can see that The line from the passage that shows the characteristics of a hero in an epic is B. Who’d brave it out with me to hoist our stake and grind it into his eye when sleep had overcome him?