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The Girl Who Could Fly
Contributor(s): Forester, Victoria

ISBN: 0007466955 ISBN-13: 9780312374624
Publisher: Feiwel & Friends

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Published: June 2008
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Annotation: A humorous, thrilling debut novel about a girl who can fly and the institute for normalcy that wants to bring her down.

Additional Information

Library of Congress Subjects:
- 01

BISAC Categories:
- Juvenile Fiction | Fantasy & Magic

Dewey: Individuality; Juvenile fiction.

LCCN: Ability; Juvenile fi

Age Level: 1.25

Grade Level: 1.00

Guided Reading: 0

Awards: Virginia Readers Choice Award, Nominee, Middle School, 2011
Young Hoosier Book Award, Nominee, Middle Grades, 2011
Iowa Children's Choice (ICCA) Award, Nominee, Children's, 2011
Volunteer State Book Awards, Nominee, Intermediate, 2012
Beehive Awards, Nominee, Fiction, 2010
Manitoba Young Readers Choice Award, Honor Book, Young Readers, 2010
Sunshine State Young Reader's Award, Nominee, Grades 3-5, 2011

Descriptions, Reviews, Etc.

Publisher Description:
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. At turns exhilarating and terrifying, Victoria Forester's debut novel is an unforgettable story of defiance and courage about an irrepressible heroine who can, who will, who must . . . fly.

Contributor Bio(s): Forester, Victoria: - Victoria Forester is the author of The Girl Who Could Fly, a Booklist Editor's Choice and Bank Street Best Children's Book of the Year. She is also a successful screenwriter, and originally wrote The Girl Who Could Fly for film. She liked the story so much that she decided to expand it into her first book. Victoria grew up on a remote farm in Ontario, Canada, and graduated from the University of Toronto. She now lives in Los Angeles with her husband, daughter, and cat.

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