Flyaway

Islas Vater ist schwer erkrankt. Er benötigt eine neue Herzklappe und muss ins Krankenhaus. Isla hat Angst um ihren Vater und möchte ihm helfen. Da sie weiß, wie sehr er Schwäne liebt, beschließt sie, ihm auf diese Weise zu helfen. Denn auf einem See vor dem Krankenhaus schwimmt ein einzelner Schwan......more

This one is by the same author who wrote STOLEN (which you’ll recall that I adored). FLYAWAY is actually her first novel, published second in the states, and it’s a middle grade novel. Basically, it’s about a girl who becomes determined to reunite a lost swan with its flock after the girl’s father h......more

This is an emotional and heartwarming read about family, friendship and helping others, including birds. My eight year old niece even read some of it to me, and seemed to enjoy it too.......more

After reading Lucy Christopher’s book Stolen, I knew I had to read the rest of what she wrote as well. I was not disappointed by the next book I chose by her. Flyaway is a touching, uplifting, and all around wonderful story. A young girl - Isla (pronounced like eye-lah) - narrates this story that beg......more

My reaction in one gif: Full review: I’d read Lucy Christopher’s debut novel, Stolen and was completely captured by it. The tension, the characters, the psychology. I knew coming into her second novel, Flyaway, that it wouldn’t have the same punch as a book about a girl getting kidnapped, but I was st......more