Books with title Fly Away

National Book Award Longlist Title * Booklist Editors Choice * CYBILS Young Adult Fiction Finalist * Nerdy Book Club Award for Best Young Adult Fiction * Paste Magazine Best Book * YALSA Best Fiction for Young Adults A compelling and raw story. Publishers Weekly (starred review) [Bliss dares] his readers not only to see the depths of human complexity, but to care. Booklist (starred review)Luke and Toby have always had each other s backs. But then one choice or maybe it is a series of choices sets them down an irrevocable path. We ll Fly Away weaves together Luke and Toby s senior year of high school with letters Luke writes to Toby later from death row.Best friends since childhood, Luke and Toby have dreamed of one thing: getting out of their dead-end town. Soon they finally will, riding the tails of Luke s wrestling scholarship, never looking back. If they don t drift apart first. If Toby s abusive dad, or Luke s unreliable mom, or anything else their complicated lives throw at them doesn t get in the way.Tense and emotional, this hard-hitting novel explores family abuse, sex, love, and friendship, and how far people will go to protect those they love. For fans of Jason Reynolds, Marieke Nijkamp, and NPR s Serial podcast.Praise for We ll Fly Away:"Bryan Bliss has written an empathetic and stirring novel about what it means to fight for the outcasts, the forgotten, and even the hated, reminding us that we all have worth. That we are all valuable." Sister Helen Prejean, author of Dead Man Walking A poignant story of loyalty, abuse, and poverty. . . . This compassionate and beautifully rendered novel packs an emotional punch. Kirkus Reviews (starred review) A smart, rugged, all-too-true story of friendship under fire. Believable characters and page-turning tension. Chris Crutcher, author of Staying Fat for Sarah Byrnes This fast-paced read will have teens tearing through chapters to find out why Luke is in jail. . . . The conclusion will leave them devastated. This is [a] touching book about male friendship for fans of Jason Reynolds. School Library Journal The unshakable and unconditional bond between the young men is tested and proves true, a ray of light in the darkness of their stories. VOYA

The story begins when Tessie Farrell, an older woman living in South Florida, is walking her dog and rescues a baby osprey whose parents are killed by three young boys raiding the osprey's nest to steal the baby ospreys. Taking the rescued baby osprey home, Tessie contacts the police to report what happened. After caring and feeding the baby osprey and building a cage for the bird, Tessie finds herself exhausted. Lying down to rest, Tessie is transported back in time, when she was a ten-year-old girl living with her parents on a dairy farm in northern New York. Devastated to learn that she is adopted, Tessie is taunted by her classmates as she struggles to understand why she was unwanted by her biological parents. In her isolation from children her own age, she creates her own fantasy world with the help of Dolly, a horse that is boarded at the farm and whom Tessie adopts as her pet horse, and two pet geese, raised and nurtured by Tessie as hatchlings. While Tessie roams her fantasy world with Dolly, she meets and befriends an older woman, Maudie, who will play a very important role in helping Tessie find herself as she learns to accept who she is and to find acceptance by those around her. This is a story of courage, self-discovery, and love, and a young girl's struggle to overcome the pain of being adopted.

Amy Alden finds an abandoned nest of goose eggs and brings them home. The baby geese think that she is their mother and follow her wherever she goes. Amy and her dad know that the geese must fly south for the winter, but first they will have to teach them to fly away home. "Penguin Readers" is a series of simplified novels, film novelizations and original titles that introduce students at all levels to the pleasures of reading in English. Originally designed for teaching English as a foreign language, the series' combination of high interest level and low reading age makes it suitable for both English-speaking teenagers with limited reading skills and students of English as a second language. Many titles in the series also provide access to the pre-20th century literature strands of the National Curriculum English Orders. "Penguin Readers" are graded at seven levels of difficulty, from "Easystarts" with a 200-word vocabulary, to Level 6 (Advanced) with a 3000-word vocabulary. In addition, titles fall into one of three sub-categories: "Contemporary", "Classics" or "Originals". At the end of each book there is a section of enjoyable exercises focusing on vocabulary building, comprehension, discussion and writing. Some titles in the series are available with an accompanying audio cassette, or in a book and cassette pack. Additionally, selected titles have free accompanying "Penguin Readers Factsheets" which provide stimulating exercise material for students, as well as suggestions for teachers on how to exploit the Readers in class.

Fly Away Bear is an exciting and colorful adventure of three bears who go to a fair. One of the bears chooses to be a selfish little bear who will not share. His choice results in a dangerous situation. Who Can Save Him? This book is the first in a series of Read and Learn stories.The story teaches the benefits of sharing and the problems of being selfish and greedy. Using the questions at the end of the book are a fun way of teaching. Asking these questions may seem like a fun game to your child,but actually it is a valuable learning tool.The questions will stimulate discussion and help you judge not only how much the child is understanding, but also help you see areas where extra help may be needed.Remember that," it is not the quantity of the time spent with a child but the quality of that time."