A wish for Wings

SWINDELLS, Robert

ISBN 10: 0440863961 / ISBN 13: 9780440863960

Published by Corgi Yearling Books, London, 2002

About this Item

Larger format paperback: top front and lower rear corners creased, some foredge foxing, name on title page, else vg. 13 year old Jenna dreams of becoming an airline pilot. Seller Inventory # 10E287

Bibliographic Details

Title: A wish for Wings

Publisher: Corgi Yearling Books, London

Publication Date: 2002

Binding: Soft cover

Condition: Very Good

Edition: First Thus

About this title

Synopsis:

'I'LL FLY,' JENNA WHISPERED TO HERSELF. 'I'LL FLY, WHATEVER NED SAYS. WHATEVER ANYBODY SAYS...'

Jenna is thirteen - and has suddenly realized what she wants to do with her life. She wants to fly. Like Grandad's heroine, Amy Johnson... But Jenna's wish for wings has to be put on hold when something awful happens: Grandad's souvenir of his wartime service - a loaded gun - goes missing. And Jenna is almost certain that her brother Ned has taken it...

Review:

"Gripping" (Observer)

"Well-written and absorbing" (Kids Out)

"Long may Swindells continue producing books as good as this" (TES)

"Plots which grip the reader from the opening paragraph" (The Sunday Times)

"Robert Swindells writes the kinds of books that are so scary you're afraid to turn the page" (Daily Telegraph)