When she pinches him, his feelings get hurt and Sara tries to talk herself out of pitying him however fails. The turning point in their relationship is when Sara tries to play "Adam and Eve and Pinch Me" with Josh, something she had been tricked into before. He was beaten by his mother something Sara has apparently seen quite a bit of in her lifetime. As the story progresses however she comes to feel a bit of empathy for him. He interrupts her repeatedly while she is busy doing other things. Sara finds him extremely annoying at times. Sara has some problems accepting Josh, her new foster brother, into her life. She does hurt his feelings with her harsh comments once or twice, which she instantly regrets, however they always recover. He insists upon trying to help Sara break out of her shell she has developed for so long. Throughout the book, the reader sees their relationship develop and blossom into a beautiful friendship. After they talk a few times, he starts to ask her some more personal questions, to which she gives next to no answers. Initially he sits next to her on the bus to school sometimes. He is someone who she tries to avoid, although he seems to be trying to get to know her a little better. Her first real friend is Matt, the boy who lives down the highway at a bed and breakfast with his mother. This story shows Sara transforming "from a defiant, introverted foster child who hates to be touched, into an involved and important member of her new family and community." Throughout the book, as she begins to open up more, she begins to befriend others and allow herself to feel the things shes been hiding from for so long. Sara's main friend is a machine, her computer. Sara's goal for life is to drop out of school and move north. This includes Ma and Hud as well as two other foster children, Josh and Nick. This is the last foster home she will ever have to go to as she is almost 16, the age that she can legally drop out of the system. She has been to many foster homes, so many that she has lost count. Sara Moone is a 15-year-old girl floating through life trying not to get attached to anyone. The book was awarded the Governor General's Award for Text in Children's Literature in 1994, the Ruth & Sylvia Schwartz Children's Book Award in 1995, and the Canadian Library Association Young Adult Book Award, also in 1995. Governor General's Award for Text in Children's LiteratureĬanadian Library Association Young Adult Book AwardĪdam and Eve and Pinch-Me is a young adult novel written by Julie Johnston and published in 1994 by Lester in Toronto ( Little, Brown in the US).
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