Night Flight - Softcover

Michaela Morgan

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1845076745 ISBN 13: 9781845076740

Publisher: Frances Lincoln Children's Books, 2008

Synopsis

A new life should be exciting - but for Danni, it's a battle. He and his 'Aunty' live in a tower block, with only distant memories of his faraway home. His new language is proving difficult, he gets bullied by the other children, and he has nightmares. One day when his school visits a city farm, Danni meets a grey horse called Moonlight and his heart starts to heal. But the nightmares are closing in - until a sad event sparks a magical night that will transform Danni's life for ever.

About this title

Product Description:

Danni's nightmares are closing in around him, until a tragedy sparks a magical event that will transform his life.

Review:

This sensitively-written, poignant story rounds off with an unsentimental, realistically satisfying conclusion. (Irish Examiner)

Sensitive and robust, finely written and illustrated, this is an engaging tale about transcending life's grottiness. (Carousel)

Night Flight offers a touching and well-written insight into the life of a young boy adrift in a strange and often threatening world. Introducing the book to children in schools and libraries would be a good way of providing empathy with the predicament of those who arrive on our shores with little or no preparation and often deeply traumatised. (Books for Keeps)

An important and life-affirming message for anyone who has ever suffered and been mentally scarred by their experiences. (Ibby Link)

About this edition

• Publisher: Frances Lincoln Children's Books
• Publication date: 2008
• ISBN 10: 1845076745
• ISBN 13: 9781845076740
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 96
• Illustrator: Erika Pal