The Great Unexpected

From Newbery Medal winner and bestselling author Sharon Creech comes a grand, sweeping yarn that is a celebration of the great and unexpected gifts of love, friendship, and forgiveness. With a starred review from Kirkus Reviews calling it an "enchanting tale to treasure, " The Great Unexpected captures the heart and the imagination. Humorous and heartfelt, this is a story of pairs-of young Naomi and Lizzie, both orphans in present-day Blackbird Tree, USA, and of Sybil and Nula, grown-up sisters from faraway Rook's Orchard, Ireland, who have become estranged.
Young Naomi Deane is brimming with curiosity and her best friend, Lizzie Scatterding, could talk the ears off a cornfield. Naomi has a knack for being around when trouble happens. She knows all the peculiar people in town-like Crazy Cora and Witch Wiggins. But then, one day, a boy drops out of a tree. Just like that. A strangely charming Finn boy. And then the Dingle Dangle man appears, asking all kinds of questions.
Curious surprises are revealed-three locked trunks, a pair of rooks, a crooked bridge, and that boy-and soon Naomi and Lizzie find their lives changed forever. As two worlds are woven together, Creech reveals that hearts can be mended and that there is indeed a gossamer thread that connects us all. A story woven from two worlds and countless secrets: Intertwined Stories: Follows two pairs of girls-orphans Naomi and Lizzie in America, and estranged sisters Sybil and Nula in Ireland-whose lives are mysteriously connected.
A Mysterious Boy: When a charming boy named Finn literally drops out of a tree, his arrival sets off a chain of curious events involving locked trunks, a pair of rooks, and a crooked bridge. Unlikely Friendships: A heartfelt tale about the bonds between two best friends, two separated sisters, and the strange new boy who changes everything. Found Family and Forgiveness: A touching exploration of what it means to find your family, heal old wounds, and discover the gossamer threads that connect us all.