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THE SIMPLE ART OF FLYING
THE ONE AND ONLY IVAN meets FLORA & ULYSSES in THE SIMPLE ART OF FLYING, a middle grade contemporary novel about a curmudgeonly parrot, a precocious 12-year-old boy who dreams of being a doctor, and an eccentric old woman with a penchant for chocolate cherry crumble pie and red feather boas.
Sometimes flying means keeping your feet on the ground...
Born in a dismal room in a pet store, African grey parrot Alastair dreams of escape to bluer skies. He'd like nothing more than to fly away to a palm tree with his beloved sister, Aggie. But when Aggie is purchased by 12-year-old Fritz, and Alastair is adopted by elderly dance-enthusiast and pie-baker Albertina Plopky, the future looks ready to crash-land.
In-between anxiously plucking his feathers, eating a few books, and finding his own poetic voice, Alastair plots his way to a family reunion. But soon he's forced to choose between the life he's always dreamed of and admitting the truth: that sometimes, the bravest adventure is in letting go.
THE SIMPLE ART OF FLYING is a humorous and heartfelt 53,000 word Middle Grade novel told in a mixture of Alastair's prose and poetry, Fritz's journal entries, and Bertie's letters.
Cory Leonardo grew up believing she'd replace Vanna White on Wheel of Fortune, but when that didn't pan out, she decided she'd turn letters and phrases in a different way (but minus the glittery dresses, sadly). A born and bred upstate New Yorker, she currently lives in the Syracuse area with her husband and three plucky children. Cory was selected and mentored in Brenda Drake's Pitch Wars 2016 and has been an active SCBWI member for the past five years. The Simple Art of Flying is her first novel.
Born in a dismal room in a pet store, African grey parrot Alastair dreams of escape to bluer skies. He'd like nothing more than to fly away to a palm tree with his beloved sister, Aggie. But when Aggie is purchased by 12-year-old Fritz, and Alastair is adopted by elderly dance-enthusiast and pie-baker Albertina Plopky, the future looks ready to crash-land.
In-between anxiously plucking his feathers, eating a few books, and finding his own poetic voice, Alastair plots his way to a family reunion. But soon he's forced to choose between the life he's always dreamed of and admitting the truth: that sometimes, the bravest adventure is in letting go.
THE SIMPLE ART OF FLYING is a humorous and heartfelt 53,000 word Middle Grade novel told in a mixture of Alastair's prose and poetry, Fritz's journal entries, and Bertie's letters.
Cory Leonardo grew up believing she'd replace Vanna White on Wheel of Fortune, but when that didn't pan out, she decided she'd turn letters and phrases in a different way (but minus the glittery dresses, sadly). A born and bred upstate New Yorker, she currently lives in the Syracuse area with her husband and three plucky children. Cory was selected and mentored in Brenda Drake's Pitch Wars 2016 and has been an active SCBWI member for the past five years. The Simple Art of Flying is her first novel.
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Published 2019-02-01 by Aladdin/ Simon&Schuster |
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Published 2019-02-01 by Aladdin/ Simon&Schuster |