He is dreamy. He also likes sal.
Ben's last name was name was Finney.
There was no physical description of Ben, except that Sal finds him attractive.
Yes, there is an oxymoron in "Walk Two Moons" when the main character, Sal, describes the phrase "silent noise" while reflecting on the conflicting emotions she feels after her mother leaves.
It never does say who she was. We only know that it was not Sal.
Ben carried in a shiny new axe for Mrs. Cadaver.
Ben's mom lived in the local mental hospital. He would go to visit her, but he lived with the Finneys.
Ben's report in "Walk Two Moons" is about the life and work of Lewis and Clark, the famous explorers who embarked on a journey to discover a route to the Pacific Ocean. He gives a detailed account of their expedition and the challenges they faced along the way.
Walk Two Moons was not made into a movie.
Sal and Ben are both young people dealing with absent mothers. Sal's mother was dealing with depression before she died, and Ben's mother is living in a mental institution. There are things about Ben's mother that remind Sal of her mother, before she died.
It would depend on what print of the book you were reading, but it should be one of the very last pages, possibly even the last.
Walk Two Moons has not been made into a movie.
Walk Two Moons was created on 1994-06-30.