The girl who could fly is a great book. Its about a girl who's name is piper and ever since she was a baby she could fly. But she was different than everyone else so she is sent to a school with other kids like her. Plus the twist at the end is great.
The Girl Who Could Fly
By Victoria Forester
| Interest Level | Reading Level | Reading A-Z | ATOS | Word Count |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Grades 4 - 8 | Grades 10 - 8 | V | 6 | 70576 |
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 has been praised by Stephenie Meyer, author of the Twilight saga, as "the oddest/sweetest mix of Little House on the Prairie and X-Men...Prepare to have your heart warmed." The Girl Who Could Fly is an unforgettable story of defiance and courage about an irrepressible heroine who can, who will, who must . . . fly.
This title has Common Core connections.
Praise for Victoria Forester and 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, author of 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
The Girl Who Could Fly is a 2009 Bank Street - Best Children's Book of the Year.
Publisher: Square Fish
ISBN-13: 9781250072467
ISBN-10: 1250072468
Published on 10/27/2015
Binding: Paperback
Number of pages: 352
Book Reviews (150)
This book was AWESOME! It's about a girl, named Piper McCloud. She's a normal girl, lives in a normal town, in a normal world, with normal people and normal parents, but she is different in one way--she has the ability to fly. Ever since Piper was a baby she could always hover a few feet above the ground, so it seems best that she should be sent to a place where she could learn how to use and control her abilities, right? She is sent to I.N.S.A.N.E., a perfect place to do that. But the place that seems perfect for her may turn out to be the most dangerous place she could ever be! What's going to happen? Read the book to find out!
This was a really great great fantasy book. If you love adventure and fantasy, you would really like this book.
Great book but it's not for everyone
I love this book... I wish I could fly, and I wished that I could hold pipers hand when she was crippled.
I agree with everyone here who has rated this book 5 stars. I loved it and it is now one of my top favorite books. I cried when I read the part where Piper was crippled and couldn't remember anything or anyone. I love this Book!
Amazing and tear-jerking!
This was one of the best written books I have ever read.since I was younger when I read it some parts scared me and made me really sad like the part with the animals dying(I think that's what it was).
I love this book! it is SO good!
it was sad in some parts, and really funny in some too!