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published
September 30th 1999
by HarperTrophy
binding
Paperback, 288 pages
isbn
006440823X
(isbn13: 9780064408233)
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Set in the breathtaking landscape of Lugano, Switzerland, Bloomability is Sharon Creech at her very best.When 13-year-old Dinnie Doone is plu...more
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Read in April, 2005
Tinggal jauh dari keluarga dan pindah ke negeri yang asing memang terkadang menyebalkan dan bikin sedih. Ini yang dirasakan sama Dinnie atau nama lengkapnya Dominica Santolina Doone. Dinnie terpaksa harus ikut Paman Max dan Bibi Sandy tinggal di Swiss, berpisah jauh dari keluarga tercintanya, tepatnya di sebuah casa yang terletak di atas Via Poporino antara lugano dan Motagnola di Ticino, di Swiss, di salah satu negara di Benua Eropa di muka bumi ini (hl. 45).
Bagi Dinnie, kepindahannya ke...more
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Read in March, 2001
Preface to the review: I have to admit that it took a lot of trolling around before I found a book to review this Wednesday. It's not that I don't have a lot of as yet un-reviewed books that I like. The problem is I read some of them a long time ago. The other problem is that while a lot of them feature very obviously awesome/strong female characters, many of them are written by men. Which is great. It's just given me pause because my initial plan was books with strong female characters written ...more
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Read in August, 2008
Fantastic, fabulous. Creech covered different layers of social and economic strata, took me around America and to Europe, and made me laugh and cry. Her narrator, thirteen-year-old Dinnie, could be headed toward the troublesome paths taken by her older brother and sister. She has never lived anyplace long enough to really call it home, because her father has difficulty holding a job. Her aunt and uncle see potential and persuade her parents to let Dinnie attend the international school in Sw...more
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recommended to Anysia by:
the librarian
recommends it for: anybody
recommends it for: anybody
This book is somewhat fun and somewhat not fun. It gets boring in some parts but really fun in some other parts. It's about a girl name Dinnie. Her family moves a lot because of her dad. But one day her aunt and uncle take (kiddnap is what she says)her away to Switzerland. She has a lot of adventures there.
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Read in August, 2003
recommended to Joanna by:
Lisa
Although this doesn't top the list of my favorites by Sharon Creech, it is actually quite excellent. It is set mostly near Lugano, Switzerland at The American School in Switzerland, where Dinnie, the main character, ends up against her will as she accompanies her aunt and uncle (who is the school's new headmaster) there. The story is fabulous, and I also love that it is set in ...more
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Read in October, 2007
Many thanks to the Park Sloper who left this out with other free books on their stoop...
All in all, not my fave Sharon Creech by a long shot -- in fact, I like most of her books better than this one. BUT, my least fave Sharon Creech is still lightyears ahead of so many other books. And I love how you can trace the genesis of different things that fascinate her through her books until the get a book of their own. (i.e., the teachers who teach poetry in this and WALK TWO MOONS hint nicely at LOV...more
All in all, not my fave Sharon Creech by a long shot -- in fact, I like most of her books better than this one. BUT, my least fave Sharon Creech is still lightyears ahead of so many other books. And I love how you can trace the genesis of different things that fascinate her through her books until the get a book of their own. (i.e., the teachers who teach poetry in this and WALK TWO MOONS hint nicely at LOV...more
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Read in November, 2008
Bloomability is about a girl, Dinnie, who gets "kidnapped" by her aunt and uncle, and moves to Switzerland. She goes to an international school and learns about the "bloomabilities" that she can go through.
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Is about this girl who travels around the United States until her aunt and uncle tells her parents and her parents let her go with her aunt and uncle to the Artic.
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Read in June, 2004
recommends it for:
girls who need a cheesy pickerupper
This is somewhat of a coming-of-age-novel. I say somewhat, because I think that the main character is only in 4th grade or thereabouts, so her major adolescent personal growth has only started. I love this book; it's cute and it makes me happy every time that I read it. It's about a young girl who goes to an international school and makes a diverse group of friends. In her time there, she learns to open herself up to friendship, and also to confront the difficulty of change: change when she...more
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i had to read this for a core book in school but i think it was pretty good
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I liked this book even though at the time it was hard for me to read.:)
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Read in October, 2007
Dinnie and her working class family lead a nomadic existence; they follow her dad from job to job and state to state. When Dinnie's uncle is offered the position of headmaster at an American school in Switzerland, her family is presented with an opportunity. Dinnie gets "kidnapped"--as she says--by her uncle and aunt and is taken away to attend the Swiss boarding school. She meets kids of many backgrounds and dispositions and learns more about herself in the process (once she stops ...more
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Read in November, 2007
Dinnie's family is having problems, so she is "kidnapped" (so she says) by her aunt and uncle and taken to an international school in Switzerland where her uncle is the new headmaster. The setting is spectacular, she meets people from all different cultures, and learns a great deal in her year away. She has a great teacher who inspires her and instructs the students to "do some thinking" for their homework. Wouldn't that be nice?
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Read in February, 2007
recommended to Maia by:
Mrs.Klonowskirecommends it for: Those who understand
AWESOME!
Dominica Santolina Doone is moving. Again. But this time its not with her family. Her aunt and uncle are taking her to another country, to attened their boarding school. Dinnie doesn't wanna go, but she has to. Dinnie has to be brave, and learn that wherever you are, your family is there.
Bloomability was an awesome book. I could just sorta understand it, and tuck into it.
Maia
Dominica Santolina Doone is moving. Again. But this time its not with her family. Her aunt and uncle are taking her to another country, to attened their boarding school. Dinnie doesn't wanna go, but she has to. Dinnie has to be brave, and learn that wherever you are, your family is there.
Bloomability was an awesome book. I could just sorta understand it, and tuck into it.
Maia
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"Kidnapped" by her aunt & uncle and sent to a new school in a different country, Dinnie feels like no cares about what she wants or about her opinion. But surrounded by kids of multiple backgrounds and cultures, she learns to how to "bloom."
From the author of Walk Two Moons & Chasing Redbird.
Good story, good for young adults experiencing life abroad.
From the author of Walk Two Moons & Chasing Redbird.
Good story, good for young adults experiencing life abroad.
Read in October, 2006
I read this about a year ago, in 6th grade. It inspired me to want to go on a foreign-exchange trip to Italy, which I might do in high school. Pretty much it's about this girl who goes to live with relatives in Europe and she goes to a school with kids from EVERYWHERE. It was cool, but if you like sci-fi or stuff like that, you won't like that.
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Read in January, 2000
sharon creech at her best.. my first copy of bloomability is so torn up because my sister and i have read it so many times. the story is set in lugano, switzerland and you meet a cast of characters who you wish were your own friends. its invigorating and inspiring in so many ways, all about all the bloomabilities (possibilities) in the world.
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I was flying over the mountains and over the ocea, dipping and gliding and looping and turning. I could feel the air on my wings and I could see Guthrie beside me, flying along. All around us were white eagles flying, flying, and the bells of St. Abbondio were running in our ears, and the eagles were all singing in one chorus: Viva! Viva! Viva!
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