The Boy Who Could Fly Without a Motor

Taylor, Theodore

ISBN 10: 0152165290 / ISBN 13: 9780152165291

Published by Harcourt Children's Books, U.S.A., 2002

About this Item

138pp Summary: In 1935, living at a lighthouse near San Francisco, a lonely nine-year-old boy inadvertently summons a magician who teaches him the secret of flying.

Seller Inventory # 88346

Bibliographic Details

• Title: The Boy Who Could Fly Without a Motor
• Publisher: Harcourt Children's Books, U.S.A.
• Publication Date: 2002
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0152165290
• ISBN 13: 9780152165291
• Binding: Hard Back
• Edition: First Edition
• Condition: As New
• Dust Jacket Condition: As New
• Seller catalogs:
  • Juvenile
  • Children's
  • Fiction

About this title

Synopsis

Desperate to have a real adventure, Jon Jeffers, a lonely nine-year-old boy who lives on a tiny island with his mother and his lighthouse-keeper father, finally gets his wish when he encounters the cranky ghost of an ancient magician who teaches him how to fly, with disastrous consequences. 30,000 first printing.

About the Authors

THEODORE TAYLOR is the author of many award-winning and widely praised middle grade and teen novels, including The Bomb, The Weirdo, the modern classic The Cay, and its prequel-sequel, Timothy of the Cay. He lives in Laguna Beach, California.

THEODORE TAYLOR is the author of many award-winning and widely praised middle grade and teen novels, includingThe Bomb, The Weirdo, the modern classic The Cay, and its prequel-sequel,Timothy of the Cay. He lives in Laguna Beach, California.