Came Back to Show You I Could Fly (Puffin Books) - Softcover

Klein, Robin

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0140342540 ISBN 13: 9780140342543

Publisher: Puffin, 1991

Synopsis

A description of how drugs can affect those who come into contact with them. It is also a portrayal of relationships and love and of ordinary people battling against the odds. The author won the 1989 Australian Human Rights Award for Literature and the 1990 Australian Children's Book of the Year.

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Review

"The novel was groundbreaking when it was first published in 1989, and it remains fresh and urgent... Perhaps Klein's greatest achievement is showing Angie through different characters' eyes and perspectives. With her flamboyant dresses and tattoo of a flying horse on her shoulder, she is a beautiful goddess to Seymour, but her family disproves of her revealing clothes and tawdry earrings. Even though we perceive her flightiness and the recklessness of her choices, we align ourselves with Seymour's optimistic, but unrealistic, view." -- The Australian"It aposs been more than 25 years since Robin Klein's poignant story of the friendship between lonely, timid 13-year-old Seymour and affectionate, effervescent, but seriously troubled 20-year-old Angie won the CBCA Book of the Year (Older Readers), a Human Rights Award and a White Raven commendation at the Bologna book fair but the novel has, remarkably, retained all its freshness and is surely no less relevant in this era of ice addiction than it was in 1989." --Adelaide Advertiser

This coming-of-age story of finding yourself, helping others and the power of friendship is timeless. --ReadPlus

About the Author

Robin Klein is one of Australia's most popular and accomplished writers for children and young adults. Robin has had more than 40 books published. Her works have been adapted for both stage and screen. Many of her books have been shortlisted for the Australian Children's Book of the Year Award. Simmone Howell is the author of the critically acclaimed Notes from the Teenage Underground, Girl Defectiveand Everything Beautiful.

Edition details

• Publisher: Puffin
• Publication date: 1991
• ISBN 10: 0140342540
• ISBN 13: 9780140342543
• Binding: Paperback
• Language: English
• Number of pages: 204