Fly Away Home: The Novelization and Story Behind the Film [Paperback]

Patricia Hermes (Author), Robert Rodat (Author), Vince McKewin (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: August 18, 2005 | Age Level: 9 and up | Grade Level: 4 and up | Series: Medallion Editions for Young Readers

When Amy Alden discovers a nest of goose eggs and brings them home to hatch, the newborns "imprint" on her, following her everywhere, claiming her as their mother. As they grow, Amy and her dad, Thomas, realize they must take on the responsibility of teaching them to migrate for the winter. From Canada to North Carolina, father, daughter, and geese all learn to fly together.

The movie Fly Away Home, starring Academy Award®- winning actress Anna Paquin, Jeff Daniels, and Dana Delaney, was inspired by the life of Bill Lishman, the Canadian artist who really did teach geese to fly.

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About the Author

Patricia Hermes is the author of more than 20 novels for children and young adults. Among her many awards are the California Young Reader Medal, the Pine Tree Book Award, and the Hawaii Nene award. Her books have also been named IRA/CBC Children’s Choices and Notable Children’s Trade Books in the field of Social Studies. Her titles include Kevin Corbett Eats Flies; Heads, I Win; My Girl; and My Girl 2.

Product Details

• Reading level: Ages 9 and up
  
• Paperback: 160 pages
• Publisher: William Morrow Paperbacks (August 18, 2005)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1557044899
• ISBN-13: 978-1557044891
• Product Dimensions: 7 x 6 x 0.4 inches
• Shipping Weight: 4.2 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 4.6 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (5 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #156,065 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
  • #89 in Books > 4-for-3 Books > Children's Books > Animals > Birds > Fiction
  • #93 in Books > 4-for-3 Books > Children's Books > People & Places > Social Issues > Death & Dying

More About the Author

Patricia Hermes is the author of almost fifty books for readers from early middle grades through young adult, as well as two nonfiction books for adults. Her books have won many awards and recognitions: American Library Association Best Book, Smithsonian Notable Book, C.S. Lewis Honor Book, Ira Children's Choice, as well as many state awards, four of them for the novel,You Shouldn't Have to Say Goodbye.

As a lecturer and speaker at schools and libraries, she engages her audience with her lively presentations, underscoring key qualities of good writing, and, of course, good rewriting. (She has been known to revise her books ten times!) She has researched and written six historical novels in the Scholastic Dear America/My America series.

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Most Helpful Customer Reviews

3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars Review of Fly Away Home, March 27, 2000

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Phylicia (New York City) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Fly Away Home: The Novelization and Story Behind the Film (Paperback)

I think this book was a very good book. I liked it because it was about a girl who helped migrate geese.Her father was a inventor so that made the book very interesting. I think this book was a very well written book. I would tell others to read this book.

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Fly Away Home . . ., September 15, 1999

By A Customer

This review is from: Fly Away Home: The Novelization and Story Behind the Film (Paperback)

Wanderfull ! I have just bought this book at the store just five houers ago and I am already on page 63 ! This is a story of Amy and her birds . Amy finds some eggs near her house . Rescues them and helps them hatch . She then asks her dad if she can keep her Gooslings and he says yes . But the problem is that they are sooner or later going to want to fly south and they need someone to show them how . Will Amy be able to teatch her geese to follow her dad before It's to late ?

2 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars THE BEST!, February 1, 2000

By A Customer

This review is from: Fly Away Home: The Novelization and Story Behind the Film (Paperback)

this book was litterly the best ive ever read and it even inspired me to rase some geese of my own.