Wings to Fly
3rd Edition
Will be published approx. on 13. December 2007
Book
Paperback/Softback
144 pages
978-0-88899-844-6 (ISBN)
Description
Winner of the IODE National Chapter Violet Downey Book Award
This sequel to Ticket to Curlew finds eleven-year-old Josie well settled in her new home, but she's never had a friend her own age. So when a girl named Margaret moves to the area from England, Josie is glad to have someone with whom she can ride to school, explore the mysterious, abandoned silver house and dream about the future.
But what does the future hold for a young girl in 1918? Could Josie fly airplanes like Katherine Stinson, her heroine? Will she be a teacher like Miss Barnett? What would it be like to be Margaret's sad mother, who can't bear to unpack her fine English china in the crude sod house that is her new prairie home?
This sequel to Ticket to Curlew finds eleven-year-old Josie well settled in her new home, but she's never had a friend her own age. So when a girl named Margaret moves to the area from England, Josie is glad to have someone with whom she can ride to school, explore the mysterious, abandoned silver house and dream about the future.
But what does the future hold for a young girl in 1918? Could Josie fly airplanes like Katherine Stinson, her heroine? Will she be a teacher like Miss Barnett? What would it be like to be Margaret's sad mother, who can't bear to unpack her fine English china in the crude sod house that is her new prairie home?
Reviews / Votes
[An] exceptional story. * Children's Bookwatch * It is fact, as much as fiction, that makes Wings to Fly so rich. * Globe and Mail * Lottridge...reminds us that some of life's sweetest moments are not the ones we plot out, but the ones we stumble over. * Toronto Star *More details
Edition
3rd New edition
Language
English
Place of publication
Ontario
Canada
Target group
Children/juvenile
Interest Age: From 8 years
Edition type
New edition
Product notice
Paperback (trade)
Illustrations
Illustrations
Dimensions
Height: 197 mm
Width: 128 mm
Thickness: 18 mm
Weight
186 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-88899-844-6 (9780888998446)
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Schweitzer Classification
Person
Celia Barker Lottridge is a writer and storyteller who has written several highly acclaimed children's books. Born in Iowa and raised in the United States, Celia now lives in Toronto.