Az dreams of being like everyone else. In the world of the Airborn, that means growing wings. A moving futuristic story. Barrington Stoke specialise in books for reluctant, struggling and dyslexic readers.
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'the key... is acceptance... in James Lovegrove's... Wings, from the outstanding Barrington Stoke series for older readers with limited reading ability.' -- The Times, 17th October 2001
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This book is suitable for reluctant readers of 13-16 years with a reading age of 8+
· It is printed on off-white paper, which is proven to be more restful on the eye.
· The font is specially designed to encourage a smooth and easy read.
· There are frequent page breaks and short headed chapters.
· A wide range of specialists, including teenagers themselves, have read and commented on the book prior to publication.
--This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.
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this book contains astory about a boy who does not fit in - literally. he does not have wings like everyone else in his futuristic society. his Dad is an inventor who creates ahuge pair of metl wings fro him. you can tell this will be a disaster and the boy plummets to earth (all very Icarus). He survives and the Dad apologises for trying to make the boy like him and the rest of the family... This does work well and the person I passed this onto has disabled child who really enjoyed it. It mgiht bring up discussion about prosthetics and artificial limbs - for some kids it's easier to get along without them and they might be 'for show' as much as anything. On the other hand the book might be more a metaphor for the child protgonist not being as 'able' in other ways, e.g. clever or quick-witted.
the ending felt a bit sudden and it does not round off with an attempt to introduce the boy to other children like him, or perhaps give him a skill that the other flying/ winged children do not have. I don't mean that he might be 'cured' but that he finds satisfaction in his own life and does not need to imitate their lives...He is still isolated. Maybe that is realistic but I was surprised. Still, it is good ending insofar as the Dad apologises and the son seems Ok with that.
the ending felt a bit sudden and it does not round off with an attempt to introduce the boy to other children like him, or perhaps give him a skill that the other flying/ winged children do not have. I don't mean that he might be 'cured' but that he finds satisfaction in his own life and does not need to imitate their lives...He is still isolated. Maybe that is realistic but I was surprised. Still, it is good ending insofar as the Dad apologises and the son seems Ok with that.
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