Sal And Phoebe In Walk Two Moons

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Someone once said, “No matter who tries to teach you a lesson about life, you won't understand it until you go through it yourself.” This is true because if Phoebe's mother didn’t leave then she would of never felt how Sal felt when her mother left her. When Phoebe first met Sal and told her about her mother leaving she could never imagine that ever happening to her. In the book Walk Two Moons the theme is the most important thing in the book. One of the main themes from Walk Two Moons is there’s always hope. In the book two of the main characters are Sal and Phoebe. They both experience a big change in their lifetime. Both of their mothers leave That caused them to say stuff that wouldn’t do if there moms where there. In the book Sal says,

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