{"product_id":"girl-who-could-fly","title":"Girl Who Could Fly","description":"\u003cbody\u003e\n\u003cb\u003eTitle: \u003c\/b\u003eGirl Who Could Fly\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor: \u003c\/b\u003eVictoria Forester\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN: \u003c\/b\u003e9780312602383\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher: \u003c\/b\u003eSquare Fish\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished: \u003c\/b\u003e2010\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding: \u003c\/b\u003ePaperback\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage: \u003c\/b\u003eEnglish\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eEdition: \u003c\/b\u003e1\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eNumber of Pages: \u003c\/b\u003e352\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eCondition: \u003c\/b\u003eUsed Copy\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher Description: \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cp\u003eYou just can't keep a good girl down . . . unless you use the proper methods.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003ePiper McCloud can fly. Just like that. Easy as pie.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eSure, she hasn't mastered reverse propulsion and her turns are kind of sloppy, but she's real good at loop-the-loops.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eProblem 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.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eSchool 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.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eConsequences too dire to talk about. Too crazy to consider. And too dangerous to ignore.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eAt 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 \u003ci\u003eLittle House on the Prairie\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eX-Men\u003c\/i\u003e...Prepare to have your heart warmed.\" \u003ci\u003eThe Girl Who Could Fly\u003c\/i\u003e is an unforgettable story of defiance and courage about an irrepressible heroine who can, who will, who must . . . fly.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThis title has Common Core connections.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003ePraise for Victoria Forester and \u003ci\u003eThe Girl Who Could Fly\u003c\/i\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\"It's the oddest\/sweetest mix of \u003ci\u003eLittle House on the Prairie\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eX-Men\u003c\/i\u003e. 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\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\"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.\"--\u003ci\u003eBooklist, \u003c\/i\u003eStarred Review \u003cbr\u003e\"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.\"--\u003ci\u003eThe Horn Book Review\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Girl Who Could Fly\u003c\/i\u003e is a 2009 Bank Street - Best Children's Book of the Year.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/body\u003e","brand":"Square Fish","offers":[{"title":"Girl Who Could Fly | Victoria Forester | Paperback | 9780312602383 | Used: Like New | Children's Books 1579348","offer_id":48163595780248,"sku":"1579348","price":4.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"Girl Who Could Fly | Victoria Forester | Paperback | 9780312602383 | Used: Very Good | Back Stacks C 1758005","offer_id":49178358251672,"sku":"1758005","price":8.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0492\/1609\/4360\/files\/71o1da_JSpL.jpg?v=1771886464","url":"https:\/\/roundaboutbookstore.com\/products\/girl-who-could-fly","provider":"Roundabout Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}