A Wish For Wings

Nov 7, 2024 11:15 PM

Author:Robert Swindells

A Wish For Wings

'I'LL FLY,' JENNA WHISPERED TO HERSELF. 'I'LL FLY, WHATEVER NED SAYS. WHATEVER ANYBODY SAYS...'

Jenna is thirteen - and has suddenly realized what she wants to do with her life. She wants to fly. Like Grandad's heroine, Amy Johnson... But Jenna's wish for wings has to be put on hold when something awful happens: Grandad's souvenir of his wartime service - a loaded gun - goes missing. And Jenna is almost certain that her brother Ned has taken it...

Reviews

Gripping

—— Observer

Well-written and absorbing

—— Kids Out

Long may Swindells continue producing books as good as this

—— TES

Plots which grip the reader from the opening paragraph

—— The Sunday Times

Robert Swindells writes the kinds of books that are so scary you're afraid to turn the page

—— Daily Telegraph

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