Walk Two Moons

by

Sharon Creech

The Sheriff Character Analysis

The Lewiston sheriff finds Sal inspecting the site of the bus accident a few miles outside of Lewiston, Idaho. When he learns that Sal’s Momma died in the accident, the sheriff takes Sal to visit Momma’s grave and talks to her about Margaret Cadaver—though he also lectures her for driving alone at age 13. He takes Sal back to Gramps in Coeur D’Alene, and he offers to help Gramps make arrangements for Gram, who has just died.
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The Sheriff Character Timeline in Walk Two Moons

The timeline below shows where the character The Sheriff appears in Walk Two Moons. The colored dots and icons indicate which themes are associated with that appearance.
Chapter 42
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Sal picks her way back to the car and discovers the sheriff parked behind Gramps’s car. The deputy scolds Sal for playing on the bus, but then... (full context)
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...to do or get back to Gram. Instead of taking her to jail, though, the sheriff takes Sal to the cemetery, right to Momma’s grave. On the gravestone is Momma’s name—Chanhassen... (full context)
Chapter 43
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The sheriff doesn’t take Sal to jail. Instead, he and the deputy drive Sal and Gramps’s truck... (full context)
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Then, Sal tells the sheriff that she learned all this on the day that Mrs. Winterbottom returned. Mrs. Cadaver told... (full context)
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...for the last half of the drive to Coeur D’Alene. She wakes up in the sheriff’s car outside the hospital, just as the sheriff is coming out of the hospital. The... (full context)
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Once the sheriff is gone, Sal notices her grandparents’ open suitcase. She picks up Gram’s baby powder and... (full context)