Can I read The Great Unexpected on EtoBox?

The Great Unexpected by Sharon Creech is a children's book available to read on EtoBox.

What is The Great Unexpected about?

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#8212;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#8212;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#8212;three locked trunks, a pair of rooks, a crooked bridge, and that boy#8212;and soon Naomi and Lizzie find their lives changed forever. As two worlds are woven together, C

Who reads The Great Unexpected?

Author

Sharon Creech

Publisher

Joanna Cotler Books/HarperCollins

Published

2012

Language

EN

ISBN

9780062240071

Category

children's

Subjects

Fiction, Romance, Fantasy

Rating

3.75 / 5 (3,932 ratings)

Updated

2026-03-14