The Blue Wings
Jef Aerts, 2020, Levine Querido, 216 pages, hardcover, ages 8-12.
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Arthur Levine’s publishing company, Levine Querido publishes children’s book that are well written, entertaining, full of heart, and gives voice to those who are often not heard.
The book is brilliant. It is a rollicking, sweet, sometimes scary adventure about a boy who wishes to live his life to the fullest and hurts his family in the process. An honest account of mental illness, its beauty and devastation. A must read, must share. -Susan
Two brothers bound together by affection and responsibility. Jadran is five years older than Josh and huge enough to be nicknamed Giant. Josh is younger, and smaller; but his sweet and stubborn brother thinks in a way that would be more typical of a small child. They are both dealing with changes to their newly blended, Muslim family. So Josh looks after Jadran and they both adjust. When the brothers find an injured young crane, Jadran wants to bring it back to their small apartment and teach it to fly at any cost. And it turns out the cost is high.
Intensely moving without ever slipping into sentimentality, The Blue Wings is a warm, love-filled story about fragility, strength, and brotherhood, in all its complications.
Jef Aerts, 2020, Levine Querido, 216 pages, hardcover, ages 8-12.
Like new.
Arthur Levine’s publishing company, Levine Querido publishes children’s book that are well written, entertaining, full of heart, and gives voice to those who are often not heard.
The book is brilliant. It is a rollicking, sweet, sometimes scary adventure about a boy who wishes to live his life to the fullest and hurts his family in the process. An honest account of mental illness, its beauty and devastation. A must read, must share. -Susan
Two brothers bound together by affection and responsibility. Jadran is five years older than Josh and huge enough to be nicknamed Giant. Josh is younger, and smaller; but his sweet and stubborn brother thinks in a way that would be more typical of a small child. They are both dealing with changes to their newly blended, Muslim family. So Josh looks after Jadran and they both adjust. When the brothers find an injured young crane, Jadran wants to bring it back to their small apartment and teach it to fly at any cost. And it turns out the cost is high.
Intensely moving without ever slipping into sentimentality, The Blue Wings is a warm, love-filled story about fragility, strength, and brotherhood, in all its complications.
Jef Aerts, 2020, Levine Querido, 216 pages, hardcover, ages 8-12.
Like new.
Arthur Levine’s publishing company, Levine Querido publishes children’s book that are well written, entertaining, full of heart, and gives voice to those who are often not heard.
The book is brilliant. It is a rollicking, sweet, sometimes scary adventure about a boy who wishes to live his life to the fullest and hurts his family in the process. An honest account of mental illness, its beauty and devastation. A must read, must share. -Susan
Two brothers bound together by affection and responsibility. Jadran is five years older than Josh and huge enough to be nicknamed Giant. Josh is younger, and smaller; but his sweet and stubborn brother thinks in a way that would be more typical of a small child. They are both dealing with changes to their newly blended, Muslim family. So Josh looks after Jadran and they both adjust. When the brothers find an injured young crane, Jadran wants to bring it back to their small apartment and teach it to fly at any cost. And it turns out the cost is high.
Intensely moving without ever slipping into sentimentality, The Blue Wings is a warm, love-filled story about fragility, strength, and brotherhood, in all its complications.