The Unfinished Angel: Book summary and reviews of The Unfinished Angel by Sharon Creech

The Unfinished Angel Summary

Peoples are strange!

The things they are doing and saying—sometimes they make no sense. Did their brains fall out of their heads? And why so much saying, so much talking all the time day and night, all those words spilling out of those mouths? Why so much? Why don't they be quiet?

In the ancient stone tower of the Casa Rosa, in a tiny village high in the Swiss Alps, life for one angel has been the same, well, for as long as she (or he?) can remember. Until Zola arrives, a determined American girl who wears three skirts all at once. For neighbors who have been longtime enemies, children who have been lost, and villagers who have been sleepily living their lives: hold on. Zola and the angel are about to collide. Figs start flying, dogs start arfing, and the whole village begins to wake up. Zola is a girl with a mission. And our angel has been without one—till now.

This hilarious and endearing novel by Newbery Medal winner Sharon Creech reminds us that magic is found in the most ordinary acts of kindness.

The Unfinished Angel Reviews

"Creech's offering deserves to be read out loud and more than once to truly enjoy the angel's hilarious malapropisms and outright invented words, and to appreciate the book's tender, comical celebration of the human spirit. Grades 4-6." - School Library Journal

"Starred Review. Brimful of grace and cheer; moving, funny and sweet—and begging to be read aloud. Ages 8-11." - Kirkus Reviews

"So much of Sharon Creech's signature humor pervades the pages that readers may not initially notice the small moments the author creates that lead to several moving epiphanies." - Shelf Awareness

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Rated of 5 by dakotah
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I think that the book is a good book, and I think that everyone should read it if they like peace. At first I did not really get it.

Sharon Creech Author Biography

Sharon Creech is the author of the Newbery Medal winner Walk Two Moons and the Newbery Honor Book The Wanderer. Her other work includes the novels Hate That Cat, The Castle Corona, Replay, Heartbeat, Granny Torrelli Makes Soup, Ruby Holler, Love That Dog, Bloomability, Absolutely Normal Chaos, Chasing Redbird, and Pleasing the Ghost, as well as three picture books: A Fine, Fine School, Fishing in the Air, and Who's That Baby? Ms. Creech and her husband live in upstate New York.

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