Learning to Fly - Couverture souple

Yee, Paul

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 1551439530 ISBN 13 : 9781551439532

Editeur : Orca Book Publishers, 2008

Synopsis

Jason is an outsider.

A recent immigrant from China, Jason lives in a close-minded town with his mother and younger brother. Falling in with the wrong crowd, trying to fit in, Jason takes chances and ends up in trouble with the police. Holding on to his friendship with an Indigenous boy, also an outsider, Jason finds he needs to fight to belong and to find a new home.

This short novel is a high-interest, low-reading level book for teen readers who are building reading skills, want a quick read or say they don't like to read!

A propos du livre

À propos de l'auteur

Paul Yee is one of Canada's finest writers for children. He was raised in Vancouver and has worked in the archives at the Vancouver Museum. He won the Governor General's Literary Award for Children's Literature for Ghost Train. He now lives in Toronto.

À propos de la quatrième de couverture

The train swings around the curve. Noise and wind swallow me. I jump.Jason is on outsider. A recent immigrant from China, he lives in a close-minded town with his mother and younger brother. Trying hard to fit in, Jason falls in with the wrong crowd and ends up in trouble with the police. Jason finds he needs to fight to belong. Does he have what it takes to make this new place his home?

À propos de la deuxième de couverture

immigrants, drugs, friendship

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Orca Book Publishers
• Date d'édition: 2008
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 1551439530
• ISBN 13: 9781551439532
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 136
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
• Personne responsable: non disponible