She is the narrator of Walk Two Moons. She moves from Bybanks, Ky to Euclid, Oh when her father gets a new job. She adores the memoryand of her mother and throughout the novel struggles to come to terms with her mother's death.
Sal Hiddle
She left Sal and John in Bybanks to visit a relative in Idaho after she lost her baby, and she was killed in a bus accident.
Sugar Hiddle
He is Sal's father who takes Sal to Euclid, Ohio shortly after his wife's death because he is overwhelmed by grief for her at the farm.
John Hiddle
She is Sal's grandmother. She gets bitten by a poisioness snake on their trip to Idaho and later has a stroke and passes away.
Gram (Hiddle)
He is Sal's grandfather. He and his wife take Sal on a trip to Idaho to visit the final resting place of her mother.
Gramps (Hiddle)
She is Sal's best friend in Euclid, Ohio. Her mother disappears and she believes the lunitic kidnapped her and gets angry that no one believes her.
Phoebe Winterbottom
She is Phoebe's mother. One day she disappears. She only left notes and food for her family and told them she would come home when she was ready.
Mrs. Winterbottom
He is Phoebe's fater. Mrs. Winterbottom's departure makes him appreciate his wife more.
Mr. Winterbottom
She is Phoebe's next door neighbor and Sal's father's friend. She befriended Sal's mother during her last days alive, and she lost her husband in a car accident.
Margaret Cadaver
He is Sal's English teacher and Margaret Cadaver's twin brother.
Mr. Birkway
She is Mrs. Cadaver's and Mr. Birkway's mother. She leaves messages on the Winterbottom's doorstep. She lost her eyesight in the same car accident that killed Mr. Cadaver.
Mrs. Partridge
He is Sal's schoolmate, and Sal likes him. He lives with his cousin Mary Lou because his mother is not well.
Ben Finney
She is Sal's classmate and Ben's cousin. Her house is loud and disorderly, and Phoebe disapproves of the way her family lives and the food they eat.
Mary Lou Finney
He is the mysterious young man who appears on Phoebe's doorstep and lurks around her neighborhood. Phoebe calls him "the lunitic". He turns out to be Mrs. Winterbottom's son whom she put up for adoption when he was born.
Mike Bickle
How did Salamanca Tree Hiddle get her name?
Sal's parents thought the tribe her great-great-grandmother was in was Salamanca but it was Seneca. Also, Tree come from her mother because she was very fond with trees.
What happens to Gram in Chapter 15?
She gets bitten by a water mossican in the water and then went to the hospital.
What important clue does Sal discover at the police station?
A picture with Sargent Bickle, his wife and son. His son was "the lunitic".
How are Mrs. Cadaver, Mr. Birkway, and Mrs. Partridge connected?
Mr. Birkway and Mrs Cadaver are twins of Mrs. Partridge.
What did Mr. Birkway say happened to Mr. Cadaver and his mother?
He said Mr. Cadaver passed away when a drunk driver rammed into his car. Also in the car was his mom and she didn't die but lost her eyesight.
Why was Mrs. Partridge leaving the messages at the Winterbottom's house?
She left them ther as little surprises.
Where does Sal drive the car and why does she go to this spot?
She drove to an overlook because it was closer to getting to her mom and to stop driving on a big hill for a while.
Where does the sheriff take Sal?
He takes her back to Coeur d'Alene.
What happened to Sal's mother?
She died in a bus accident
What three things is Sal jealous of?
1. Whoever Ben wrote about in his journal
2. Her other wanted more children
3. Phoebe's mother came back and hers did not
How did Sal feel when her mother first left? After a few weeks?
Like her mirror was gone. Right after a few weeks it was right when she realized that she doesn't need her mom to be happy.
How does Mrs. Winterbottom react when Phoebe tells her about the "potential lunatic" who came to the house?
Different because Mrs.Winterbottom said not to tell Mr.Winterbottom about this "Potential Lunatic". But the weird thing was that she usually tells him everything.
Ben notices Sal flinches every time someone touches her. Why do you think she does this?
Because she is not used to someone touching or hugging her since her dad and her never really touch each other.
Explain how Sal's father acts differently at Margaret's house.
Sal said he would be all sad and look through old photos on his bed but at Margaret's house he would smile and act all happy.
Why do you think Sal has not told Phoebe about her mother?
Because she doesn't want Phoebe to talk about her mom or even bring her mom up at all.
What did Sal's mother think of herself?
She was not like Sal and her father so she felt left out and not right.
Why did Sal's father have to leave the farm?
Because he said "She's in the fields, the air, the barn, the walls, and the trees" and they were making the move to learn about bravery and courage.
What did Sal write about in her mini journal?
First she made a list of all the things in Bybanks, Ky that she liked, then she wrote about her mother since everything was connected to her. (The Blackberry Kiss)
How does Phoebe try to deal with her mother leaving her? What does she look around the house for?
Phoebe tries to find signs that her mom in not gone forever. Also, clues of evidence that "the lunatic" has been at the house and took her mom.
At the end of Chapter 22, how does Sal's father try to explain her mother leaving?
By saying that he was sure that she intended on coming back but you can't predict, a person can't forsee, you never know.
What message is Gram and Gramps trying to tell Sal at the end of Chapter 27?
That how do you know that Sal's mother didn't run away from her family because of someone or something else.
What do both Sal and Phoebe do with possessions to comfort them?
They both remembered then with there mother's and what they did and when they got them.
How does Phoebe react after seeing her mother and the lunitic together?
Phoebe reacts all mad but then stayed to watch her mom.
How did Sal's father meet Mrs. Cadaver?
He met her at the sheriff's office.
Why did Gram and Gramps take Sal to Idaho?
To walk in her own mother's mocossins.
