The Fledgling

A library challenge prompted me to reread a favorite book from my childhood, and The Fledgling was kind of a formative influence. I think about this passage all the time: Georgie is different from Eleanor all the way through, from the inside out. Why, look at her, right now. She doesn’t even know tha......more

I read this when I was a kid and it's one of the first books I remember LOVING. The idea of flying has always been magical to me and I thought that the premise of the Goose Prince at the magical late-night flights were thrilling. I decided to give this old favorite another go as an adult reader, and......more

Very odd book- still not sure if the author intention was to portray Georgie as just a child with a wild imagination, if supernatural things were really happening, or if Georgie was a child with special needs? I wanted to give up on this book so badly but kept going and found some deep and well writ......more

This review also appears on my blog, Read-at-Home Mom. Georgie is pretty sure she can fly. She thinks she’s done it before, and she keeps making attempts to do it again. Her mother and uncle are concerned for her safety, as are her cousins, but this doesn’t stop Georgie from developing a relationship......more