Status
Available
Genres
Collection
Publication
Scholastic (1990), Edition: First Thus, 182 pages
Description
Georgie's fondest hope, to be able to fly, is fleetingly fulfilled when she is befriended by a Canada goose.
User reviews
LibraryThing member fingerpost
Georgie is a very small girl and she believes she can fly. And in fact, she can. She also befriends an enormous Canada goose, who talks to her and flies with her. Meanwhile, a nasty neighbor is warning her family that she is a fairy, and a banker in town has decided to get a shot gun and kill the
Maybe I'm totally missing the author's point, but for me the last chapter went 2001: Space Odyssey-level-weird, way out of bounds of the rest of the story, seemed to have no real connection to the rest of the story, and for me, pretty much ruined a book that I had enjoyed up to that point.
Show More
giant goose. All of these are elements of a fine fantasy. Indeed, this was a fine fantasy.... until the last chapter.Maybe I'm totally missing the author's point, but for me the last chapter went 2001: Space Odyssey-level-weird, way out of bounds of the rest of the story, seemed to have no real connection to the rest of the story, and for me, pretty much ruined a book that I had enjoyed up to that point.
Show Less
LibraryThing member SirRoger
One of my favorite children's books. As a kid I, too, had dreams of flying. I still do.
Awards
National Book Award (Finalist — 1982)
Nebraska Golden Sower Award (Nominee — 1984)
Texas Bluebonnet Award (Nominee — 1983)
Utah Beehive Book Award (Nominee — Children's Fiction — 1983)
Newbery Medal (Honor Book — 1981)
Language
Original publication date
1980
ISBN
0590434519 / 9780590434515