Magical Children: The Boy Who Could Fly by Sally Gardner - ISBN: 9781444011630
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Boy’s wish to fly brings joy, heartache, and unexpected friendship.

Magical Children: The Boy Who Could Fly

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  • Paperback

    96 pages

  • Release Date

    8 October 2013

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Summary

One day the Fat Fairy turns up at Thomas Top’s house to grant him a birthday wish. Thomas can’t think what to ask for, so he wishes he could fly. That’s how Thomas goes from being just an ordinary boy whom no one notices to being the most popular boy in the school. But it makes him sad that grown-ups can’t see the wonderful things he can do. His flying gets him suspended from school, and that makes life at home much worse, because his dad gets so cross and it makes his mum miserable. But then…

Book Details

ISBN-13:9781444011630
ISBN-10:1444011634
Author:Sally Gardner
Publisher:Hachette Children's Group
Imprint:Orion Children's Books
Format:Paperback
Number of Pages:96
Release Date:8 October 2013
Weight:93g
Dimensions:198mm x 131mm x 9mm
Series:Magical Children
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Critics Review

“Serious fun”. - Carousel, Summer 2002 - Jan Mark

“Serious fun”. - Carousel, Summer 2002 - Jan Mark

About The Author

Sally Gardner

Sally Gardner is an award-winning novelist from London. Her books have been translated into 22 languages and have sold more than one million copies in the UK. Her historical novel for older readers, I, Coriander, won the Smarties Children’s Book Prize in 2005. Two thrillers both set at the time of the French Revolution, The Red Necklace and The Silver Blade, which was shortlisted for the Guardian Children’s Fiction Prize in 2009, followed. Actor Dominic West (The Wire) has bought the film rights to both titles. Her YA novel, The Double Shadow, was published in 2011 to critical acclaim. Sally Gardner’s stories for middle readers include Lucy Willow and the popular Magical Children series of six titles: The Strongest Girl in the World, The Invisible Boy, The Boy with Magic Numbers, The Smallest Girl in the World, The Boy with the Lightning Feet, and The Boy who could Fly, which are also available as audio books. She has also written and illustrated picture books including The Fairy Catalogue, The Glass Heart, The Book of Princesses and Playtime Rhymes. Sally Gardner continues to be an avid spokesperson for dyslexia, working to change the way it is perceived by society. She is dyslexic and argues that it is not a disability, but a gift.

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