Granny Torrelli Makes Soup - Hardcover

Sharon Creech

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0747563101 ISBN 13: 9780747563105

Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC, 2003

Synopsis

Book by Creech, Sharon

About this title

Review:

In this endearing story by Newberry Medal-winner Sharon Creech, a wise old Italian granny skillfully imparts life advice (and cooking lessons) to her winning but sometimes obstinate 12-year-old granddaughter.

Best known for Walk Two Moons and The Wanderer, Creech makes good use of another inventive format: Rosie's story unfolds first, over making and eating zuppa, and then Granny Torrelli tells parallel stories from her own childhood to help Rosie with her current predicament. Granny Torrelli's tales are laced with endearing, fun-to-say Italian: "I didn't like it, not one piccolino bit," as is her attempt to help Rosie mend her rift with her best friend Bailey ("That Bailey boy!"), for whom she's starting to feel more-than-friendship feelings.

The details of both Rosie's and Granny Torrelli's respective stories are often quite funny (from Braille jealousy to secret guide-dog training for the legally blind Bailey). But, as usual, what Creech does best is slyly proffer small, nourishing morsels of wisdom--not unlike the cavatelli, the "little dough canoes," that Rosie, Granny Torrelli, and that Bailey boy labor over in the book's sweet second half. Just be warned that you might find yourself starving by the end of the story. (Ages 9 to 12) --Paul Hughes

About the Author:

Sharon Creech lives in New Jersey where she writes her beautifully crafted and brilliant novels. This is our third novel with Sharon. The first LOVE THAT DOG was a 2001 Carnegie Award highly commended title.

About this edition

• Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
• Publication date: 2003
• ISBN 10: 0747563101
• ISBN 13: 9780747563105
• Binding: Hardcover