The word <u>amphibious</u>, also called amphibian, is an adjective used to describe a a type of animal that can live in the water and in the land such as the frog. Amphibiuos is a word of latin origin that meant living a double life.
The rest of the options are incorrect since they do not mean " adapted for both land and water." Dubious: having doubts, ambitious: wanting to succeed, amplified: increasing the sound volume.
The novel is a story-within-a-story. Creech writes about Sal's road trip to Idaho with her eccentric grandparents, and during the trip, Sal tells her grandparents about her friend Phoebe Winterbottom and the disappearance of Phoebe's mother.