Fly Away Home: The Inspiring True Story of a Girl Who Became Mother to Orphaned Geese for Kids

My grandson would recommend this book plus it has a movie to watch also.

My family loves this movie so now my kids have the book. It came in very good condition, there were no bent pages or rips.

Good little kids book. Bought for my 8 year old grandson after he watched the movie.

The story begins so sad when her mom died in a car accident. The story gave you an understanding about Amy's feelings and conflicts she faced while living with her dad in Canada. I loved the adventures with her geese. The ultra light was a fantastic invention.

I like it alot and fast delivery.

Wonderful childs book. I have bought several.

My granddaughters love this book

After watching the movie and thoroughly enjoying it, I purchased the book to add to our church library for the junior section. I thought it would be fun to first read the book and see how closely the movie followed it. I was surprised and dismayed that there were several instances of swearing: you son of a . . .; my G-- for example. I am so thankful that I chose to read the book before placing it in our library. I am carefully whiting out the words that are not suitable for children to read. I have never done this before, but the story is too good to discard.

Having seen this film over thirty times as a teenager, and it is one of my all-time favourites, I was somehow disappointed by this novelization. I am aware that it is aimed at young readers, but many novels classified as youth literature can be enjoyed at any age. Patricia Hermes' book seems addressed to readers aged 8 to 14 years only. Carroll Ballard's "Fly Away Home" is one of those family films that will truly be loved by the whole family, not only children, so I was expecting the novelization to capture the frankness and complexity of the film. I found interesting that Hermes chose to tell the story from young Amy Alden's perspective, but the character's personality is different here, somehow vehement and expressive while Anna Paquin's Amy Alden was rather sullen and hard-to-read. The dialogue is sometimes altered from the original, making conversations sound less natural than they did in the film, since many of the actors' lines were improvised. This added so much to the film's quality and it is lost here. This story has so much potential; the novelization could have been better if the young reader had not been the only reader in the author's mind.I was looking forward to the section on the making of the movie, and while the article is fine albeit succinct, I was hoping for a few colour stills. There are only a few poorly-printed black-and-white headshots of the actors and pictures taken on the set.

A family friendly classic based in the true story of Bill Lishman of Ontario CANADA using an ultralight airport, teaching geese to migrate to a certain location. Anna Paquin when young —- her acting is delightful

haben diese Buch, das sehr einfach und gut geschrieben im Seniorentreff im englisch Kurs gelesen. Alles bestens. Kann ich nur als Geschichte empfehlen. Dazu die DVD und man kann sich alles gut vorstellen

livre anglophone broché souple format poche papier recyclé ancien (1996) relatant l'histoire incroyable d'une ado de 14 ans et de son père ayant recueilli et apprivoisé des oisons de bernache du canada et ayant appris à voler pour les aider à migrer; basé sur le scénario du film, le texte en 20 chapitres raconte l'histoire de manière très romancée (dans la réalité, il n'existe qu'un artiste canadien, Bill Lishmann, qui apprends à des oies captives à migrer, Thomas Alden et sa fille Amy ne sont que des personnages de fiction, joués par des acteurs); les illustrations (photos couleur et n&b sont toutes tirées du film ou du tournage); ce livre de poche, bien que de présentation très austère, un agréable divertissement qui donnera envie au lecteur de voir le film

多読用に購入して読んだ。私小説の英語版とでもいうのか、もっぱら主人公の視点から物語が進んでいく。そのため感情の表現が多く、「あ、こういう場合はこんなふうに言うんだ」と気づかされることが多々あった。　ストーリーは、両親が離婚して母子家庭で育った娘が、母親の事故死をきっかけに父親と過ごすようになるところから始まる。父親になじめず、友達もできず、学校にも通いたくない。暗い物語だなあと思っていたけれども、読み進めていくうちに物語の世界に引き込まれて、最後には、どーんと感動させられてもらい泣きをした。　英語で書かれた本を読んで泣くことがあるなんて、考えてもいないことだった。英語への抜き差しならぬ苦手意識が少し薄まった気がする。いろんな意味で、この本と巡り合えてよかった。PGR 2YL 2.4Words 9,482