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The Girl Who Could Fly
Victoria Forester
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Description for The Girl Who Could Fly
Paperback. Piper McCloud can fly. Sure, she hasn't mastered reverse propulsion and her turns are kind of sloppy, but she's real good at loop-the-loops. Problem is, the good folk of Lowland County are afraid of Piper. So it seems only fitting that she leave her parents' farm to attend a top-secret, maximum-security school for kids with exceptional abilities. Num Pages: 352 pages. BIC Classification: YFH. Category: (JC) Children's (6-12). Dimension: 134 x 193 x 31. Weight in Grams: 274.
You just can't keep a good girl down...unless you use the proper methods. Piper McCloud can fly. Just like that. Easy as pie. Sure, she hasn't mastered reverse propulsion and her turns are kind of sloppy, but she's real good at loop-the-loops. Problem is, the good folk of Lowland County are afraid of Piper. And her ma's at her wit's end. So it seems only fitting that she leave her parents' farm to attend a top-secret, maximum-security school for kids with exceptional abilities. School is great at first with a bunch of new friends whose skills range from super-strength to super-genius. (Plus all the homemade apple pie she can eat!) But Piper is special, even among the special. And there are consequences. Consequences too dire to talk about. Too crazy to consider. And too dangerous to ignore.
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
Palgrave USA
Condition
New
Number of Pages
352
Place of Publication
New York, United States
ISBN
9781250072467
SKU
V9781250072467
Shipping Time
Usually ships in 15 to 20 working days
Ref
99-15
About Victoria Forester
Victoria Forester is the author of The Girl Who Could Fly, which was praised as the oddest/sweetest mix of Little House on the Prairie and X-Men by Stephenie Meyer. Victoria lives in Pasadena, California, with her husband and their daughter.
Reviews for The Girl Who Could Fly
It's the oddest/sweetest mix of Little House on the Prairie and X-Men. I was smiling the whole time (except for the part where I cried). I gave it to my mom, and I'm reading it to my kids
it's absolutely multigenerational. Prepare to have your heart warmed.
Stephenie Meyer, The Twilight Saga In this terrific debut novel, readers meet Piper McCloud, the late-in-life daughter of farmers...The story soars, just like Piper, with enough loop-de-loops to keep kids uncertain about what will come next....Best of all are the book's strong, lightly wrapped messages about friendship and authenticity and the difference between doing well and doing good.
Booklist, starred review Forester's disparate settings (down-home farm and futuristic ice-bunker institute) are unified by the rock-solid point of view and unpretentious diction... any child who has felt different will take strength from Piper's fight to be herself against the tide of family, church, and society.
The Horn Book Review When her talent for flying is discovered, a charismatic director of a special school takes Piper under her wing. She arrives at an amazing place with multiple floors and discovers a lot of other kids with extraordinary powers, too
as well as a nefarious plot to remove their special talents by altering their DNA .
Jennifer Ralston, Harford County Public Library, for School Library Journal Piper McCloud comes from a household that does what they do because doing otherwise would break tradition
they don't handle change well. When her conservative parents realize that Piper has the ability to fly, they forbid her to do it since it's just not their way of living. It's not quite so easy for Piper to give up flying, however....This novel is an unforgettable story that will challenge many adolescents in their quest to decide between right and wrong, good and evil. The bravery and courage of Piper McCloud will give confidence to anyone, no matter how extraordinary or ordinary their gifts may be.
Ashleigh Larsen, KLIATT Plucky Piper faces nearly insurmountable odds and must keep her innate sense of right and wrong focused through her trials. This fantasy has an air of reality, maintained by the aw-shucks flavor of the dialogue and its determined, good-as-gold heroine. Hints of a sequel appear after the tidy ending of this X-Men-like superhero take on the world.
Kirkus
it's absolutely multigenerational. Prepare to have your heart warmed.
Stephenie Meyer, The Twilight Saga In this terrific debut novel, readers meet Piper McCloud, the late-in-life daughter of farmers...The story soars, just like Piper, with enough loop-de-loops to keep kids uncertain about what will come next....Best of all are the book's strong, lightly wrapped messages about friendship and authenticity and the difference between doing well and doing good.
Booklist, starred review Forester's disparate settings (down-home farm and futuristic ice-bunker institute) are unified by the rock-solid point of view and unpretentious diction... any child who has felt different will take strength from Piper's fight to be herself against the tide of family, church, and society.
The Horn Book Review When her talent for flying is discovered, a charismatic director of a special school takes Piper under her wing. She arrives at an amazing place with multiple floors and discovers a lot of other kids with extraordinary powers, too
as well as a nefarious plot to remove their special talents by altering their DNA .
Jennifer Ralston, Harford County Public Library, for School Library Journal Piper McCloud comes from a household that does what they do because doing otherwise would break tradition
they don't handle change well. When her conservative parents realize that Piper has the ability to fly, they forbid her to do it since it's just not their way of living. It's not quite so easy for Piper to give up flying, however....This novel is an unforgettable story that will challenge many adolescents in their quest to decide between right and wrong, good and evil. The bravery and courage of Piper McCloud will give confidence to anyone, no matter how extraordinary or ordinary their gifts may be.
Ashleigh Larsen, KLIATT Plucky Piper faces nearly insurmountable odds and must keep her innate sense of right and wrong focused through her trials. This fantasy has an air of reality, maintained by the aw-shucks flavor of the dialogue and its determined, good-as-gold heroine. Hints of a sequel appear after the tidy ending of this X-Men-like superhero take on the world.
Kirkus