Taking Flight
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'Beyond the fence everything is dark, but in here is our own lit-up world. Just me and Flight. Our breath snakes into the night like the aftermath of a firework.' The only riding fifteen-year-old Declan has ever done is joyriding. When he's forced to stay with his snobby cousin 'Princess' Vicky on the other side of Belfast, he's shocked to find himself falling in love with horses. Vicky would do anything to keep Declan out of her already perfect life and away from her precious showjumper, Flight, no matter who gets hurt... Moving from a harsh Belfast housing estate to the glamour of the showjumping ring, Taking Flight is a fast-paced story full of conflict, jealousy and courage.
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Sheena Wilkinson is one of Ireland's most acclaimed writers of fiction for young people. Star by Star (Little Island, 2017) was selected as a BookTrust Future Classic in 2018 and won the Honour Award for Fiction at the Children's Books Ireland awards 2018. Grounded (Little Island, 2012) won the Book of the Year and Children's Choice awards at the Children's Books Ireland awards 2013. A recipient of special bursaries from the Arts Council of Northern Ireland for the development of her writing, Sheena is now a full time author and writing teacher. Her books have also won awards from the Reading Association of Ireland and have been placed on the IBBY Honour List.
Sheena lives in County Down in Northern Ireland, where she spends her time writing, singing, and walking in the forest thinking up more stories.
Content
- Intro
- About the author
- Copyright Page
- Dedication Page
- Acknowledgements
- Chapter 1: Declan
- Chapter 2: Vicky
- Chapter 3: Declan
- Chapter 4: Vicky
- Chapter 5: Declan
- Chapter 6: Vicky
- Chapter 7: Declan
- Chapter 8: Vicky
- Chapter 9: Declan
- Chapter 10: Vicky
- Chapter 11: Declan
- Chapter 12: Vicky
- Chapter 13: Declan
- Chapter 14: Vicky
- Chapter 15: Declan
- Chapter 16: Vicky
- Chapter 17: Declan
- Chapter 18: Vicky
- Chapter 19: Declan
- Chapter 20: Vicky
- Chapter 21: Declan
- Chapter 22: Vicky
- Chapter 23: Declan
- Chapter 24: Vicky
- Chapter 25: Declan
- Chapter 26: Vicky
- Chapter 27: Declan
- Chapter 28: Vicky
- Chapter 29: Declan
- Chapter 30: Vicky
- Chapter 31: Declan
- Chapter 32: Vicky
- Chapter 33: Declan
- Chapter 34: Vicky
- Chapter 35: Declan
- Chapter 36: Vicky
- Chapter 37: Declan
- Chapter 38: Vicky
- Chapter 39: Declan
- Chapter 40: Vicky
- Chapter 41: Declan
