The trail Zinny finds is important to her because since she has so many brothers and sisters she feels like the trail is one place that she can go and everything is hers. She feels as if she needs to protect only because she believe that she needs to protect anything that's hers.
Zinny taylor
The main character in "Chasing Redbird" by Sharon Creech is Zinny Taylor, a 13-year-old girl who embarks on a journey of self-discovery while uncovering family secrets. Other key characters include her cousin Rose and Zinny's extended family members who play significant roles in the story's development.
Yes, it was very enjoyable. The main character, Zinny, was an inspirational character with a sense of duty, and a sweetheart. The book is about her past and sweethearts and a path that she feels must be cleared by the end of the summer.
"Chasing Redbird" was written by Sharon Creech and published in 1997.
Chasing Redbird, a young adult novel by Sharon Creech, follows thirteen-year-old Zinnia “Zinny” Taylor as she struggles to cope with grief, guilt, and uncertainty after the sudden and unexpected death of her Aunt Jessie. Zinny's project is the clearing of a twenty-mile-long disused wilderness trail near her home in the Virginia mountains; over the course of the book, she begins to find herself and to come to terms with her emotions as she progresses along this trail of her own making. Chasing Redbird exists in the same universe as Creech's popular novel Walk Two Moons, as Zinny sometimes references her friend Sal, who was featured in that novel as Salamanca Hiddle.
There are 259 pages in the hardcover copy of Chasing Redbird.
Jake Boone is the boy that wins Zinny's heart. He follows her when she goes out on her trail. and gives her a puppy and a toy horse and a bunch of bottlecaps for her collection. Also a cricket that tells temperature and a turtle. He helps her when Grandpa is riding his horse by kicking in the door to find a shrine to Rose.
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There has not been a sequel for Chasing Redbird yet. I do want Sharon to write a sequel. The book is so good!
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There are 259 pages.
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