The novel Walk Two Moons by Sharon Creech is based on a story of a girl called Salamanca Tree Hiddle that suffered lots after her mother left her and her father. She lived in a farm in Bybanks, Kentucky. Salamanca loved the farm, and living close to nature and animals. In the novel, Salamanca becomes very independent in consider from the beginning of the novel. She becomes independent when she traveled with Gramps and Grams to Idaho because she was the one with the map guiding them through the trip. Also because she drove a car by herself all the way from a hospital to the top of a really high mountain, close to Lewiston. The last reason why she became independent is the most important one, and the reason that really changed her life. When she discovered that her mother was actually dead, she was mature and independent enough to understand that she was not coming back but that there was still hope. …show more content…
Her father decided to move from kentucky to Ohio so they can move away from that old memories. So when they get there she got to meet a friend called Phoebe that made a big part of her life while she was in Ohio. But then they decide that Salamanca, Gramps and Grams were going to travel from Ohio to Idaho, so they can go find Salamanca's mother. It was there were she started her trip on being independent. On that long trip to Idaho, they went on a car and were depending on Salamanca to guide them where they needed to go. The trip was in her