This summer I read The Bean Trees by Barbara Kingsolver. In this novel Marietta "Missy" Greer runs away from her hometown in Pittman, Kentucky. As Missy drives away from home, she tells herself that she will change her name to the first town she has to stop in. She ends up in Taylorville, so she becomes known as Taylor Greer. While traveling through the Cherokee Nation of Oklahoma, she stops ... she grabs a hold of, Taylor names the girl Turtle. The two continue on the road until they hit two flat tires in Tucson, Arizona where they stumble upon Mattie, the owner of a local tire shop. Mattie...

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• Grade Level: High School

... reader, Taylor, the protagonist of The Bean Trees is important in drawing my interest because she narrates much of the story and most of the ideas have been seen through her eyes and point of view. She undergoes major changes in her life and develops herself throughout the story, which enriches the novel. Taylor's loves and cares for people also have a strong impact on other characters, which helps ... them develop and improve themselves. This affects the ... who always looks her beloved son with all her love. This makes Taylor to become more worldly and grown-up, which sparks the inter...

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• Approx Pages: 3
• Grade Level: High School