The Discovery of Flight
The Discovery of Flight
Marilyn Stanley
, Noelle Walsh
, Jude Castillo
, Wanda Brine
, Heather Norris
, Naomi MacKinnon
, Maria Mclean
, Kirsten Norlock
, Sarah Stang
, Louise Walsh
, Susan Terendy
, Rosa Cross
, Rodney Cross
, Sandra Furlotte
, Remi Gunn
, Susan Toy
, Thelma Ball
, Karen Nordrum
, Ellen Clarke
, Nirakone Phromkharanourak
, Chloe Moore
, Ammie Parsons
, Margaret Jones
, Rachel Edmonds
, Laurie Burns
, Karen Kendrick
, Paula Adam
, Randi Ann Doll
, Carolyn Guy
, Jaaron Collins
, Andrea Hyde
, Joan Clare
, C. Ray
, janice knickle
, Shannon Leclerc
, Jo Dowson
, Sharon Thompson
, Marjorie Jantzen
, Melinda Poth
, Margaret McKay
, Catherine Kelly-Brown
, Hilary Jenkins
, Stacy Penner
, Audrey Joyal
, Morgana KT
, CarolMike Andryo
, Mary-Esther Lee
, Kim Cappellina
, Sheila Spence
, maria blanco
, Caytlin Good
, Sabine Kristensen-Didur
, joy mills
, Zara Garcia-Alvarez
, Brenda Vaccarello
, Mary Lester
, Cherryl Koylass
, N. Petras
, LJ Law
, Vicki Bedford
, Charlotte Cranston
, Barbara Leckie
, Jayne Barnard
, Joshua Lewis
, Chris Lantz
, Kaitlin Jennifer
, Christopher Evans
, Patricia McKeown
, Joan Chandra
, Genea Teskey
, Shauna McIntyre
, Summer Halls
, Andrea Mack
, Chandni Navani
, Alison Elizabeth
, Erin L McLeod
, Val Ross
, Joann Horgan
, Heather O'Connor
, Lauraine Twilley
, Pearl Saban
, Amie Gaudet
, Megan Brodie
, Janice Cournoyer
, Caleb Nault
, Adele gallogly
, Maria Zuppardi
, Sharon Randall
, Sanchari Sur
, Linda Leitch
, Valerie Hildebrand
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The Discovery of Flight is a YA novel in two voices about the relationship between two sisters, the older of whom is disabled by cerebral palsy and only able to communicate with assistive technology (she can control her computer by moving her eyes). It interweaves the fantasy novel sixteen-year-old Libby is writing for Sophie's thirteenth birthday, and Sophie's diary, in which she discusses the deteriorating condition of her older sister. The book's title is also the title of Libby's novel, in which Libby takes the form of a hawk telepathically linked to a girl who, like her sister, is a good artist. Sophie's diary is in fact illustrated with the occasional black-and-white drawing. The sicker Libby gets, the more she retreats into her novel and the less she interacts with the outside world. Though the situation is tragic, Sophie's voice is extremely funny and wry.
