Bloomability.

Update Book 24: Bloomability by Sharon Creech

There are certain moment in your life when you notice something change within your personality. Sometimes it is little and only you notice it. Other times it is a large change. In books character go on big adventures often mysterious and confusing. On these adventures not only is the mystery solved by the end of the book, but the character also solves the mystery of finding out who they really are. This is a common theme in young adult novels. The target audience is usually teenagers who are trying to find their way in life.

The first time that I read "Bloomability" by Sharon Creech, I was exactly the same age as the main character Dinnie. She is the youngest of a family who has never lived in one place for more than a year. After several things happen, her aunt and uncle take her to live with them at an American school in Switzerland. Her uncle will be the headmaster and Dinnie will attend the school. Here she meets people from around the world and has experiences she could never have dreamed about.

I read through several comments made about this book on its Amazon site. One of the biggest complaints that people had was that there didn't seem to be a plot. I think this is why as a thirteen year old I loved it so much. Life often doesn't have a plot. Life is about the journey. In the book, bloomability is actually a word used incorrectly by one of the students who's native language is not English. Bloomable means possible. What a beautiful way of putting it. This book is about possibilities, discovering that everything is bloomable.

"Bloomability" opened up inside of me an awareness of the rest of the world and a desire to see every inch of it. There are certain books that grab you and never let go. "Bloomability" captured me at the age of thirteen and once again at twenty-four.