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Square Fish (2010), Edition: 1, 352 pages
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When homeschooled farm girl Piper McCloud reveals her ability to fly, she is quickly taken to a secret government facility to be trained with other exceptional children, but she soon realizes that something is very wrong and begins working with brilliant and wealthy Conrad to escape.
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LibraryThing member LeslitGS
Piper McCloud was born and raised on a normal country farm in a normal country area. Piper, however, is far from the norm. Able to float from infancy, things grew immensely more complex when she learned she could fly--restrained by her mother and rejected by her community, she welcomes the
I first discovered this book at Barnes and Noble because a friend and I were hanging out in the children's section reliving our youths by pointing out books we loved as kids, had read as kids and yes, even hated as kids. True to form we were being a touch louder than perhaps was welcomed, and manage to get in the way of a young lady [indeterminate age, probably around ten or so] who was, in fact, looking for this book. We ended up chatting a little [when offered or imagining an opening, I always like to ask what people read] and she told me that she wanted to read it. I don't recall why, but I looked at it, was intrigued, and then put it back to buy the fourth Percy Jackson, which I have yet to read [and will remedy soon enough, I am sure...then again, I never did finish Spiderwick either. Oi!].
Then, the next day, Mikey and I wound up at another BN. I gave in and bought the silly book. Today I read it, more or less, in one sitting. But it's a kid's book, not too deeply written and quite engaging.
Which is basically what I think of it.
No, really!
The book was an extremely easy but entertaining read. Forester was a happy balance of diction that did not patronize early readers and wouldn't send them to the dictionary every five minutes. She captured a lot of the spirit of youth and the drama therein with Piper and her dealings with the others--unexpected judgment and rejection from the local kids when she first meets them [even without letting them know about her talents], and then the cliquish/clannish behaviors of the children in the institution. We see the highs and lows within Piper too, watching her learn and grow and be subjected to things that no one, let alone a child, should have to handle.
Something that delighted me beyond all reason, however, was the pacing--everything happens without an interruption of flow. The reader is not left in a pool of worthless babbling description or inane dialogue while waiting for the actual story to progress. There are even times when Ferguson toys with the flow of time by breaking it down from minute to minute and building tension. If it were a film [and I would not be surprised if this became one], you would seriously be holding your breath as all this mayhem went on.
It's a very sweet, actiony story with characters you can get behind. Again, it's not life-changing or soul-moving, but it's pretty awesome.
I have but one complaint but will form it in a request to the general populace:
I know that a lot of people really want to write novels--something I can completely appreciate--but I would like to request that all of you contemporary novelists-to-be politely refrain from allowing your typing habits learned from IMs and so forth become part of your story presentation. This includes but is not limited to denoting emphasis through excessive repeated exclamation points [!!!!!], question marks [?????] and bold text [!?!?!?]. It is, as a rule, unnecessary if you have managed to do your job correctly in building the proper context surrounding the incident and line, which, hopefully, you have. Thank you.
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opportunity to go off and learn with a government program when it comes to collect her. At the institution, she meets children gifted in other ways and happily allows herself to be grafted into their family, but something lurks in the background that isn't quite right. I first discovered this book at Barnes and Noble because a friend and I were hanging out in the children's section reliving our youths by pointing out books we loved as kids, had read as kids and yes, even hated as kids. True to form we were being a touch louder than perhaps was welcomed, and manage to get in the way of a young lady [indeterminate age, probably around ten or so] who was, in fact, looking for this book. We ended up chatting a little [when offered or imagining an opening, I always like to ask what people read] and she told me that she wanted to read it. I don't recall why, but I looked at it, was intrigued, and then put it back to buy the fourth Percy Jackson, which I have yet to read [and will remedy soon enough, I am sure...then again, I never did finish Spiderwick either. Oi!].
Then, the next day, Mikey and I wound up at another BN. I gave in and bought the silly book. Today I read it, more or less, in one sitting. But it's a kid's book, not too deeply written and quite engaging.
Which is basically what I think of it.
No, really!
The book was an extremely easy but entertaining read. Forester was a happy balance of diction that did not patronize early readers and wouldn't send them to the dictionary every five minutes. She captured a lot of the spirit of youth and the drama therein with Piper and her dealings with the others--unexpected judgment and rejection from the local kids when she first meets them [even without letting them know about her talents], and then the cliquish/clannish behaviors of the children in the institution. We see the highs and lows within Piper too, watching her learn and grow and be subjected to things that no one, let alone a child, should have to handle.
Something that delighted me beyond all reason, however, was the pacing--everything happens without an interruption of flow. The reader is not left in a pool of worthless babbling description or inane dialogue while waiting for the actual story to progress. There are even times when Ferguson toys with the flow of time by breaking it down from minute to minute and building tension. If it were a film [and I would not be surprised if this became one], you would seriously be holding your breath as all this mayhem went on.
It's a very sweet, actiony story with characters you can get behind. Again, it's not life-changing or soul-moving, but it's pretty awesome.
I have but one complaint but will form it in a request to the general populace:
I know that a lot of people really want to write novels--something I can completely appreciate--but I would like to request that all of you contemporary novelists-to-be politely refrain from allowing your typing habits learned from IMs and so forth become part of your story presentation. This includes but is not limited to denoting emphasis through excessive repeated exclamation points [!!!!!], question marks [?????] and bold text [!?!?!?]. It is, as a rule, unnecessary if you have managed to do your job correctly in building the proper context surrounding the incident and line, which, hopefully, you have. Thank you.
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LibraryThing member dferb
I don't really know what to make of this book. It seems to freely borrow from Harry Potter and the Golden Compass, but still be something unique. The character names are ridiculous at times (evil Mrs. HELLion, Boris Yeltsinov) and yet the story works. It's a solid middle school age fantasy that
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should interest young readers. More sophisticated readers though will find the plot thin and the ending a little too pat. But the message is clear -- everyone is unique & should relish in that. Show Less
LibraryThing member sageness
racist, ableist, and disparaging of the rural South. The characters of color are introduced as sociopaths and stooges, although at the end, they're suddenly nice enough people with no connection to their characterization at the beginning.
The girl protagonist is tortured and loses the use of her
If you take out all the offensive parts, it's a pretty good story, but THIS OFFENSIVENESS is what people would teach elementary school children and ingrain in their minds while they're young.
Beyond that, the story is incredibly derivative. It's very X-Men Academy meets Superman meets Wolverine meets Supreme Power meets Runaways. I'm a happy reader of fanfic, so I don't mind that it's derivative (true originality is so rare these days -- we'd all be stuck if that were a requirement for enjoyment of a book or movie), but it's worth being aware that other sources have done it differently and better.
The best part about this novel, though, is that it's a solidly feminist book, where girls and boys all have equal potential for talent or weakness.
ETA:
I realized a few minutes after finishing this that the book's main villain is only evil because she herself was a metahuman who took her sister flying and her sister died when they flew into a storm. So. Survivor's Guilt ==> EVILNESS (if you're meta). There's nothing else about her that would lead her to try to "rehabilitate" or kill off meta kids. Her parents were apparently nice, supportive people. The cause was just her guilt over something she couldn't control. *annoyed*
The girl protagonist is tortured and loses the use of her
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legs, which at first no one notices and when they do, they're horrified and cannot cope with her disability. Then the youngest (white) boy who has never used his powers while at the school suddenly has the power to heal and magics her all better. As a disabled, amnesiac person, Piper is grotesque-ified and made a subject to be ignored. (Guess how infuriating I found this. As if a person has lost all worth to her friends and to her society because she's been victimized by a psycho!) Worst, the kids' respect for her is only reestablished once the boy protagonist restores her health and she -- ta-da -- suddenly adn conveniently recovers from traumatic amnesia.If you take out all the offensive parts, it's a pretty good story, but THIS OFFENSIVENESS is what people would teach elementary school children and ingrain in their minds while they're young.
Beyond that, the story is incredibly derivative. It's very X-Men Academy meets Superman meets Wolverine meets Supreme Power meets Runaways. I'm a happy reader of fanfic, so I don't mind that it's derivative (true originality is so rare these days -- we'd all be stuck if that were a requirement for enjoyment of a book or movie), but it's worth being aware that other sources have done it differently and better.
The best part about this novel, though, is that it's a solidly feminist book, where girls and boys all have equal potential for talent or weakness.
ETA:
I realized a few minutes after finishing this that the book's main villain is only evil because she herself was a metahuman who took her sister flying and her sister died when they flew into a storm. So. Survivor's Guilt ==> EVILNESS (if you're meta). There's nothing else about her that would lead her to try to "rehabilitate" or kill off meta kids. Her parents were apparently nice, supportive people. The cause was just her guilt over something she couldn't control. *annoyed*
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LibraryThing member readinggeek451
When Piper reveals to the townfolk that she can fly, she is whisked away to a secret institute in Antarctica with other talented children--and unusual plants and animals. There she discovers a dreadful secret. I would have liked this a lot better when I was ten, but it's pretty good even to an
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LibraryThing member 59Square
I had read a really intriguing review about this book, and waited for a long time to read it - it seemed like lots of people had it on hold. But once I started reading it, I had a really hard time finishing it - I just did not like it at all. Part of it was the combination of a feel-good book and
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science fiction. Piper is a girl who can fly - it is her special talent, and she is taken away to a special facility once it is discovered that she can fly. It turns out that this special facility is actually called INSANE and it is a facility to make people more normal. This book seemed like a combination of the HIVE books and the Maximum Ride series, except worse. I really did not like the writing style - it seemed to be too wordy and sort of condescending. This book seems like it will probably have a series - at the end all the kids have escaped and gone back to normal life, but I don't think it will be normal for long. Regardless, I won't be reading the next one. Show Less
LibraryThing member annekiwi
Although this book had some over cutesy parts (names mostly - McCloud for the girl who could fly, Bella Lovely for the girl who could make things beautiful and was always cheerful, etc.), it was still an entertaining read. I enjoyed the trials of a young outcast in a very closed community and how
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she overcame them all. I loved the battle between Conrad and Piper and all that happens at the Institute. And the relationship between Piper and her parents nearly brought me to tears. If you can handle the overdone parts that play to a really young audience, it is a very good story, if a bit predictable in parts. Show Less
LibraryThing member dbhutch
I got this book from our local library to read to my 7yr old at bed time quickly i got hooked and each night i found myself reading more and more after she was sleeping.
This is the story of Piper McCloud a 9 yr old girl who has a special gift of flying , that started when she was a baby. When
This is the story of Piper McCloud a 9 yr old girl who has a special gift of flying , that started when she was a baby. When
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exposed to the small town she lived in Dr Hellion shows up and takes her away to "help" her and soon Piper meets pther kids who have other talents. The story gets in to all kinds of twist and turns and you find out the "school " the kids are at is trying to make them normal ... but i don't want to spoil the rest ... have fun reading this one .. just remeber there are a few dark places that might scare smaller children. Show Less
LibraryThing member Ronrose1
This is the story of Piper, a girl who can fly. It is also the story of both the people who would take this gift away from her and those who struggle to protect and justify her uniqueness. Who among us has not dreamt at some point in our lives of being able to glide through the air like a cloud.
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Would we be willing to give up this gift? The book takes a while to get up to speed, but then it takes off and soars. It seems to suffer a bit from being a trifle verbose in the opening chapters. I did like the use of dialect for developing Piper's character. Younger readers may find the story slow going at first, but it pays to stay the course. They will be rewarded with the action and the lessons learned in the later chapters. Show Less
LibraryThing member JeSouhaite
Piper McCloud can fly…however the small farm town she lives in cannot accept such a thing. Interest comes from a woman who runs a facility where there are other children with special abilities. And there the adventure really begins. Great story about friendship, loyalty, standing up to the man
Ages 10+
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(or woman in this case), and being true to who you really are. Sound like there could be a sequel…Ages 10+
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LibraryThing member cmbohn
Piper can fly. It started when she was a baby - floating above her crib sometimes. But once she really starts flying, her parents don't know what to do. Then the lady from the government shows up. Dr. Hellion represents a special school where Piper can learn about her powers and how to control
But it's not what she expected at all. The new kids are not especially friendl...more Piper can fly. It started when she was a baby - floating above her crib sometimes. But once she really starts flying, her parents don't know what to do. Then the lady from the government shows up. Dr. Hellion represents a special school where Piper can learn about her powers and how to control them. Piper has been homeschooled her whole life and never had a friend, so she can't wait to go to this new place.
But it's not what she expected at all. The new kids are not especially friendly, and there are lots of rules to follow. She's not even allowed to fly. When can she see her parents again? What's really going on?
I really liked this book. It was a book group pick, but for some reason I couldn't get the book so I missed it that month. I'm glad I went back and read it. It was a lot of fun.
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them. Piper has been homeschooled her whole life and never had a friend, so she can't wait to go to this new place.But it's not what she expected at all. The new kids are not especially friendl...more Piper can fly. It started when she was a baby - floating above her crib sometimes. But once she really starts flying, her parents don't know what to do. Then the lady from the government shows up. Dr. Hellion represents a special school where Piper can learn about her powers and how to control them. Piper has been homeschooled her whole life and never had a friend, so she can't wait to go to this new place.
But it's not what she expected at all. The new kids are not especially friendly, and there are lots of rules to follow. She's not even allowed to fly. When can she see her parents again? What's really going on?
I really liked this book. It was a book group pick, but for some reason I couldn't get the book so I missed it that month. I'm glad I went back and read it. It was a lot of fun.
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LibraryThing member madisonpatrick
This book is about a girl who finds out she has the ability to fly. Soon afterwards, she is invited to a school for other children like her, but she finds out that the real purpose of the school is to stop them from using their powers, meaning that they lose them forever.
LibraryThing member resugo
Enjoyable book with a great heroine who never gives up. I liked that the story was different than what I expected it to be. The characters as well. A fun read.
LibraryThing member AsTr1102
I didn't know what to think when I first started this book but it turned out better than I ever thought it would be. Very mysterious and kinda depressing leaves you really thinking and questioning what happened.
LibraryThing member lawral
The Girl Who Could Fly is a beautifully written book about an introspective girl. Except that this introspective girl also has a bit of a temper, an inability to lie convincingly, and the bad habit of sticking up for what is right even when it has the potential to ruin her. I loved reading this
Before things go south at I.N.S.A.N.E., Piper is the poster child for doing what she's told and standing up to bullies, or kids who like to electrocute littler kids, just as an example. Having grown up on a farm with only her parents for company, Piper is in many ways older than her 10 years. This might be a problem for some readers, especially when Piper waxes poetic about how they should all have goals in life and take the hard road as long as it's the right one. But Piper is just so genuine that I couldn't manage to be bothered by it. Her conviction (some might call it stubbornness at times) comes through the page, and it's easy to see how the other kids can go along with her, even when they think she's a little odd.
Unlike similar books, TGWCF has some more fantasy to it. Each of the kids at I.N.S.A.N.E. has some kind of special ability, each of which is important to the story and important to their plans. Other than their abilities (and little bits of backstory), many of the other kids are pretty one-dimensional. Still, Piper manages to make friends, and those friends are fully realized characters. This book definitely has a lot of precocious kid elements to it, especially when the kids all start working together. I think it will be a good fit for fans of the Lemony Snicket books or The Kneebone Boy.
Book source: I bought it.
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book. Piper's adventures at I.N.S.A.N.E. were both the normal kinds of things a young girl who has never been allowed to attend school might have (if you've never seen a bully, how do you react to a mega-bully in a mixed-age classroom?) and the kinds of things that you'd expect to happen at a school for kids with superhero abilities.Before things go south at I.N.S.A.N.E., Piper is the poster child for doing what she's told and standing up to bullies, or kids who like to electrocute littler kids, just as an example. Having grown up on a farm with only her parents for company, Piper is in many ways older than her 10 years. This might be a problem for some readers, especially when Piper waxes poetic about how they should all have goals in life and take the hard road as long as it's the right one. But Piper is just so genuine that I couldn't manage to be bothered by it. Her conviction (some might call it stubbornness at times) comes through the page, and it's easy to see how the other kids can go along with her, even when they think she's a little odd.
Unlike similar books, TGWCF has some more fantasy to it. Each of the kids at I.N.S.A.N.E. has some kind of special ability, each of which is important to the story and important to their plans. Other than their abilities (and little bits of backstory), many of the other kids are pretty one-dimensional. Still, Piper manages to make friends, and those friends are fully realized characters. This book definitely has a lot of precocious kid elements to it, especially when the kids all start working together. I think it will be a good fit for fans of the Lemony Snicket books or The Kneebone Boy.
Book source: I bought it.
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LibraryThing member Neverwithoutabook
The Girl Who Could Fly is a great, fun, quick read! Written for Young Adults, it is still a fun story for adults as well. I tended to forget the age of the characters while reading and simply enjoyed the story. A young girl discovers she can fly but that makes her an outcast until she goes to a
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special "school" where she meets other children with unique abilities. Who hasn't dreamed of having a special or unique ability! This is a great book if you want a light, fun read! Show Less
LibraryThing member Emlyn_Chand
Looking for a fun book to read with your children? Try “The Girl Who Could Fly” by Victoria Forester. I was told by my best friend’s 13-year-old niece that Ihad to read this middle grade novel, that I would loveit, and that it was awesome.So when a space in my reading schedule opened up (and
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when a copy of the in-demand novel finally became available at my local library), I decided to give it a go.The strong-headed and inventive 11-year-old girl, Piper McCloud, is this story’s central character. She lives in a sleepy, agrarian town in the South, where life is typically nothing more than normal (and when it is, oh, how people will gossip)! Poor Piper’s just not ordinary enough to fit in — she was born with the ability to float in the air — prompting her parents to home school her with the hope of avoiding any embarrassing debacles regarding Piper’s special “talents.”Finally, Ma and Pa McCloud give their daughter the opportunity to play with the town children at a picnic festival. Piper tries her best to make the children like her. Unfortunately, her best includes using her special powers to catch a highflying runaway baseball — right in front of the whole town, might I add. It’s not long after this ordeal that strangers show up at the McCloud residence, and they want Piper. The family reluctantly agrees, and Piper is whisked away by Dr. Hellion and Agent Agent to a special institute called INSANE, which she is promised will help her to develop her skills and to help other children learn the joys of flying too.At this boarding school-come-scientific research lab, Piper is manipulated by the faculty, being asked not to use her powers since it could make the other children jealous. Eager to fit in for a change, she agrees. The new children all have unique gifts of their own including the ability to manipulate weather, telekinesis, X-ray vision and shrinkability. Conrad, a crotchety super genius and the unquestioned leader of the students, seems intent on making Piper’s new school experience as horrible as possible.Will the children figure out that the institute is not trying to help them develop their talents but rather trying to erase them altogether? Will Piper be able to save the day and make new friends along the way, or will she lose her powers and finally become normal like everyone else?“The Girl Who Could Fly” will teach children tolerance for those who are different at the same time that it espouses caricature-like stereotypes. I was so frustrated with the anachronistic and maudlin portrayal of Piper’s backwoods, Southern hometown that I almost gave up on the story after reading the first two chapters. I was also irritated by the cutesy naming conventions: Agent Agent, Professor Mumbley, INSANE. However, I believe these same features, which were hindrances to my enjoyment, might be of great delight to the child reader. It would be a near impossibility to read the story aloud without affecting Piper’s maple-syrupy accent — and don’t children love it when their parents use funny voices to read a story?I’m glad I didn’t give up on “The Girl Who Could Fly” despite my initial misgivings. Once Piper arrives at INSANE, the story really takes off. The authoress is a master of description, which makes up for her dialogue-writing difficulties.This post is dedicated to Connor. Show Less
LibraryThing member Janee23
Piper McCloud had amazing abilities since she was born. Her mother notice she could do some exceptional, out of the ordinary. But, the McCloud's did not deal well with Piper's ability. Betty, Piper's mother, warned her to never use her ability, until one day Piper could no longer hide her talent.
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Once her true person is revealed, she is whisked off to an institute for kids with great abilities. But that was not even the half of it. Piper goes a grand joinery of fingering herself, as well as her place in the world. An amazing read.! Show Less
LibraryThing member vanedow
What a great book! Part fable, part sci-fi. The unstoppable Piper makes an excellent lead character and I was rooting for her the whole way!
LibraryThing member KimJD
When I read Stephanie Meyer's plug for the book ("It's the oddest/ sweetest mix of Little House on the Prairie and X-Men"), I knew I was in for a treat. I enjoyed Forester's feisty heroine and eccentric characters, and the plot "loop de looped" even more than Piper in flight. The implausibilities
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were so charming that I happily suspended disbelief. My one issue came toward the end: the resolution seemed just a little too pat, a little too rushed. Ultimately, though, a fun and satisfying read. The mysterious "J" pops in at the end of the book long enough to warn them that things still aren't safe-- perhaps we'll hear more from Piper. Show Less
LibraryThing member Jagular2k
Good for readers who like adventure. The story was quite awesome. There are discussion questions in the back that my 9YO loved. Lexile Reading Measure: 920L
LibraryThing member TheDivineOomba
This book is cute. It has action, adventure, and a bit of scariness (not to mention creepiness). Piper is an outgoing little girl who wants to know the world. I suspect Children will love Piper, especially when she asks all those questions to her bewildered parents!
The book is also scary, as an
So, if you read this book - expect a simple story for children, some scary moments, and well written book.
The book is also scary, as an
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adult, there are some truly creepiness happening. Younger kids will probably find it too scary. As a children's book - it is presented as simple as possible. There is a black and white quality to the book, and at the end, you wonder who the true villain actually was. But, as an adult, I found this book to be too simple. Its a very bright, cartoon like world. Not a lot of background. The children presented in the story are all special, and at times, cardboard caricatures, but never not interesting.So, if you read this book - expect a simple story for children, some scary moments, and well written book.
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LibraryThing member Kaiah.g1
The Girl Who could Fly is about a girl named Piper McCloud who is pretty much normal except for one thing, she can fly. Every since she was a baby she could hover above the ground. Her parents didn't anyone knowing so they made her stay in her whole life. These people come from a school called
I think that The Girl Who Could Fly deserved four and a half stars(I didn't have that option for the rating).It was a good book overall I just don't think it was the best book I've ever read.It ends as you would expect it would the main character gets the life she wanted.It was a good book,but it just needed something to me.It was pretty good though all together.
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I.N.S.A.N.E and want her to go there because it's a school for extraordinary people. It seems like a dream come true to Piper, she'd have people just like her there and she wouldn't have to afraid of what would happen. After a while Piper realizes that her "dream" school is not what she thought it was. It was actually putting her life in danger. She ended up escaping from the evil people there and having a normal life as kid.I think that The Girl Who Could Fly deserved four and a half stars(I didn't have that option for the rating).It was a good book overall I just don't think it was the best book I've ever read.It ends as you would expect it would the main character gets the life she wanted.It was a good book,but it just needed something to me.It was pretty good though all together.
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LibraryThing member rgruberexcel
RGG: Sweet story about a girl with a special ability, who fights to keep her ability as well as helping others like her. Never gets too dark, and so has somewhat of the sensibility of a comic book.
LibraryThing member bookwren
I read this book when it was first published in 2010, but when I saw the sequel out in hardcover (2015), I purchased them together. The Girl Who Could Fly is a story with strong voice, well-paced plotting and convoluted friendships. Piper McCloud can fly and she knows she likes it. Though her
Piper McCloud's voice shines in her forthright and positive attitude as she is faced with both cruelty and hope, friends and enemies. Forester keeps the plot twisting in this fine middle-grade science fiction novel as Piper strives to fulfill the epigraph "to be nobody but yourself."
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conservative parents and community try to convince her that flying is impossible and bad, Piper can't accept that something that makes her feel so good can be harmful. Though she tries to be a "normal" girl, her temper gets the best of her and she flies in front of everyone. Her ability goes global and she is whisked away to a top secret school for children with special gifts, under the purview of the kind-seeming Dr. Hellion. At school, Piper's goodness is quickly at odds with the smartest boy in the world, Conrad, who is mean and cruel to everyone. But when even Dr. Hellion, Piper's new hero, tells her not to fly, Piper begins to suspect that the school, its leaders and its purpose are not what they seem. Piper McCloud's voice shines in her forthright and positive attitude as she is faced with both cruelty and hope, friends and enemies. Forester keeps the plot twisting in this fine middle-grade science fiction novel as Piper strives to fulfill the epigraph "to be nobody but yourself."
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LibraryThing member lkmuir
When homeschooled farm girl Piper McCloud reveals her ability to fly, she is quickly taken to a secret government facility to be trained with other exceptional children, but she soon realizes that something is very wrong and begins working with brilliant and wealthy Conrad to escape.
Awards
Young Hoosier Book Award (Nominee — Middle Grade — 2011)
Utah Beehive Book Award (Nominee — Children's Fiction — 2010)
Sunshine State Young Reader's Award (Nominee — Grades 3-5 — 2011)
Iowa Children's Choice Award (Nominee — 2012)
Virginia Readers' Choice (Nominee — Middle School — 2011)
Black-Eyed Susan Book Award (Nominee — Grades 4-6 — 2012)
Volunteer State Book Award (Nominee — Primary — 2013)
Manitoba Young Reader’s Choice Award (Honor Book — 2010)
Language
Original language
English
Original publication date
2008-07
ISBN
0312602383 / 9780312602383