The Closest Thing to Flying
Published on 7. February 2019
Book
Paperback/Softback
240 pages
978-0-19-274948-2 (ISBN)
Description
Present day: Semira doesn't know where to call home. She and her mother came to England when she was four years old, brought across the desert and the sea by a man who has complete control. Always moving on, always afraid of being caught, she longs for freedom.
1891: Hen knows exactly where to call home. Her stifling mother makes sure of that. But her Aunt Kitty is opening her eyes to a whole new world. A world of animal rights, and votes for women, and riding bicycles! Trapped in a life of behaving like a lady, she longs for freedom.
When Semira discovers Hen's diary, she finds the inspiration to be brave, to fight for her place in the world, and maybe even to uncover the secrets of her own past
Gill Lewis is the multi-award-winning and best-selling author of novels including Sky Hawk, White Dolphin, and A Story Like the Wind. This is her unforgettable tale of friendship, hope, and finding the courage to fight for what you believe in.
1891: Hen knows exactly where to call home. Her stifling mother makes sure of that. But her Aunt Kitty is opening her eyes to a whole new world. A world of animal rights, and votes for women, and riding bicycles! Trapped in a life of behaving like a lady, she longs for freedom.
When Semira discovers Hen's diary, she finds the inspiration to be brave, to fight for her place in the world, and maybe even to uncover the secrets of her own past
Gill Lewis is the multi-award-winning and best-selling author of novels including Sky Hawk, White Dolphin, and A Story Like the Wind. This is her unforgettable tale of friendship, hope, and finding the courage to fight for what you believe in.
Reviews / Votes
Praise for Gill LewisLewis's confident, economical prose takes the reader up, up and away. * The Times * Vivid, difficult,and satisfying, this is magnificent storytelling. * The Guardian * The best book I have ever read. I couldnt stop reading it Its the BEST. * Lilybelle, Guardian Childrens Books website * Lewis produces something very special with each new book. * Daily Mail * Gill Lewis weaves an unforgettable tale of displacement, hope, and the search for freedom. * The Guardian * Gill Lewis has established herself as the principal contemporary writer of animal stories, combining a vet's knowledge of her subject with a novelist's capacity for character and plot. * Telegraph *
More details
Language
English
Place of publication
Oxford
United Kingdom
Target group
Children/juvenile
Dimensions
Height: 198 mm
Width: 128 mm
Thickness: 25 mm
Weight
227 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-19-274948-2 (9780192749482)
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Gill Lewis
Closest Thing to Flying
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02/2019
1st Edition
OXFORD CHILDRENS
€9.23
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Person
Gill Lewis spent much of her childhood in the garden where she ran a small zoo and a veterinary hospital for creepy-crawlies, mice, and birds. When she grew up she became a real vet and travelled from the Arctic to Africa in search of interesting animals and places.
Gill now writes books for children. Her previous novels have published to worldwide critical acclaim and have been translated into more than twenty languages.
She lives in the depths of Somerset with her husband and three children and writes from a tree house in the company of squirrels.
Gill now writes books for children. Her previous novels have published to worldwide critical acclaim and have been translated into more than twenty languages.
She lives in the depths of Somerset with her husband and three children and writes from a tree house in the company of squirrels.