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Flying Lessons & Other Stories

by Ellen Oh Publisher: YEARLING

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A middle-grade collection of varied lives and stories

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    Praise from Time

    Time describes the collection as resonant for children who have felt different.

AlbakiReads Editorial

A middle-grade collection of varied lives and stories

Edited by Ellen Oh, this anthology brings together short fiction by ten authors, including Kwame Alexander, Jacqueline Woodson, and Meg Medina. Its stories touch on basketball ambitions, family troubles, first crushes, and settling into new neighborhoods. The excerpts described in the source range from a story in verse about a boy who may have magical powers to one about friendship and another centered on a girl’s world. Together, these different situations connect everyday growing-up experiences with questions of identity and belonging.

Good fit for readers who enjoy

  • Middle-grade readers interested in short stories by multiple authors
  • Kids drawn to stories about family, friendship, crushes, sports, or new neighborhoods
  • Readers interested in varied perspectives and characters who feel different

Themes

Identity and belongingFriendshipFamilyGrowing upNew beginnings

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Book overview

Whether it is basketball dreams, family fiascos, first crushes, or new neighborhoods, this bold short story collection--written by some of the best children's authors including Kwame Alexander, Meg Medina, Jacqueline Woodson, and many more and published in partnership with We Need Diverse Books--celebrates the uniqueness and universality in all of us.

"Will resonate with any kid who's ever felt different--which is to say, every kid." --Time

Great stories take flight in this adventurous middle-grade anthology crafted by ten of the most recognizable and diverse authors writing today. Newbery Medalist Kwame Alexander delivers a story in-verse about a boy who just might have magical powers; National Book Award winner Jacqueline Woodson spins a tale of friendship against all odds; and Meg Medina uses wet paint to color in one girl's world with a short story that inspired her Newbery award-winner Merci Su
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