<![CDATA[The Girl Who Could Fly]]>

false <![CDATA[The Girl Who Could Fly]]> http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1255754729m/2090640.jpg 2090640 4 <div><div><div>You just can’t keep a good girl down . . . unless you use the proper methods.</div><div> </div><div>Piper McCloud can fly. Just like that. Easy as pie.</div><div> </div><div>Sure, she hasn’t mastered reverse propulsion and her turns are kind of sloppy, but she’s real good at loop-the-loops.</div><div> </div><div>Problem is, the good folk of Lowland County are afraid of Piper. And her ma’s at her wit’s end. So it seems only fitting that she leave her parents’ farm to attend a top-secret, maximum-security school for kids with exceptional abilities.</div><div> </div><div>School is great at first with a bunch of new friends whose skills range from super-strength to super-genius. (Plus all the homemade apple pie she can eat!) But Piper is special, even among the special. And there are consequences.</div><div> </div><div>Consequences too dire to talk about. Too crazy to consider. And too dangerous to ignore.</div><div> </div><div>At turns exhilarating and terrifying, Victoria Forester’s debut novel is an unforgettable story of defiance and courage about an irrepressible heroine who can, who will, who must . . . fly.</div></div></div> 2095997 book 24 6 2008 The Girl Who Could Fly total:988|5:174|4:416|3:322|2:65|1:11| 988 3641 2012 424 5 3 false false Thu Nov 27 00:00:00 -0800 2008 Wed Nov 26 19:16:47 -0800 2008 Thu Nov 27 17:35:29 -0800 2008 more...]]> 3 2 false false Sat Nov 01 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Tue Sep 09 10:19:23 -0700 2008 Mon Feb 09 12:39:42 -0800 2009
Piper decided to jump off of the roof. It wasn't a rash decision on her part.

The Girl Who Could Fly is an odd little book that I couldn't help enjoying. Piper McCloud, she flies. A girl who flies. When her flying catches attent...more...]]> 5 3 false false Thu Mar 19 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Wed Mar 18 22:56:35 -0700 2009 Wed Mar 18 23:00:31 -0700 2009 more...]]> 4 1 false false Wed Apr 01 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Wed Apr 01 08:27:41 -0700 2009 Wed Apr 01 13:26:00 -0700 2009 more...]]> 4 1 false false Sat Jan 31 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Wed Jan 28 02:35:51 -0800 2009 Sat Jan 31 22:52:35 -0800 2009 The Girl Who Could Fly by Victoria Forester "is the oddest/sweetest mix of Little House on the Prairie and X-Men."
The librarian likes to talk with me about he books I read and where I g...more...]]> 3 1 false false Mon Feb 23 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Tue Feb 10 17:22:36 -0800 2009 Mon Feb 23 06:49:45 -0800 2009 more...]]> 3 1 false false Fri May 01 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Thu May 28 19:29:57 -0700 2009 Thu May 28 19:35:32 -0700 2009 more...]]> 3 0 false false Sun Feb 01 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Mon Feb 16 06:56:17 -0800 2009 Mon Feb 16 09:49:19 -0800 2009 more...]]> 3 0 false false Thu Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Fri Jan 23 13:55:29 -0800 2009 Fri Jan 23 13:55:56 -0800 2009 more...]]> 3 0 false false Mon Jul 27 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Mon Jul 27 13:05:02 -0700 2009 Mon Jul 27 13:05:02 -0700 2009 more...]]> 3 0 false false Sun Jul 12 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Sun Jul 12 15:05:10 -0700 2009 Sun Jul 12 15:14:02 -0700 2009
The Girl Who Could Fly has an interesting premise of an institute that takes children with special talents (like flying...more...]]> 4 0 false false Mon Jun 01 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Wed Jun 17 07:08:26 -0700 2009 Wed Jun 17 07:33:39 -0700 2009 more...]]> 3 0 false false Thu Mar 26 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Wed Mar 25 21:01:35 -0700 2009 Fri Mar 27 10:48:57 -0700 2009 1
Very entertaining and I approached it as a fun read. And it was. If I understand Libby right this would qualify as a "Girl power" book.

Stephenie Meyer described it right as "Little Home on the Prairie meets X-Men". I can see more books coming aft...more...]]> 4 0 false false Sat Apr 25 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Thu Apr 23 10:55:26 -0700 2009 Sun Apr 26 12:38:54 -0700 2009 more...]]> 3 0 false false Thu Jul 30 19:02:58 -0700 2009 Tue Aug 04 18:56:26 -0700 2009 more...]]> 4 0 false false Sun Aug 02 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Tue Jul 28 17:21:50 -0700 2009 Sun Aug 02 15:45:01 -0700 2009 more...]]> 3 1 false false Sat Jun 13 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Fri Jun 26 19:40:46 -0700 2009 Sat Jun 27 20:16:53 -0700 2009 1
It started off nicely, albeit completely obfuscating the time period (intentional? or am I just a moron? little from column A, little from column B...), and had a very Kate DiCamillo storyteller's voice. The ...more...]]> 0 0 false false Wed Nov 18 17:14:51 -0800 2009 Wed Nov 18 17:19:55 -0800 2009 more...]]> 5 0 false false Fri Jul 03 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Wed Jul 01 15:02:17 -0700 2009 Fri Jul 10 17:55:40 -0700 2009 more...]]> 2 0 false false Fri Mar 20 20:13:19 -0700 2009 Fri Mar 20 20:22:19 -0700 2009 more...]]> http://www.goodreads.com/book_link/follow/8?book_id=2090640