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The Great Unexpected by Creech, Sharon is a work of fiction 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—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 tha
Who reads The Great Unexpected?
It is typically read by readers looking for immersive, entertainment-first reading.
Common subject areas: fiction, literature, genre fiction.
- Author
- Creech, Sharon
- Publisher
- Joanna Cotler Books/HarperCollins
- Published
- 2012
- Language
- EN
- ISBN
- 9780061892349
- Category
- work of fiction
- Subjects
- Children'S, Fiction, Young Adult
- Rating
- 3.75 / 5 (3,932 ratings)
- Updated
- 2026-03-14