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PUNK WHIMSY! YES! This made my heart swell with joy and relief, relief at the mere fact that a book like this exists in the world and is available for teens to read. Easily devourable in a sitting, and packs themes of found family, mutual aid, and justice outside and against the State into about 100 sometimes-illustrated pages (and the art itself is glorious, too). I got this book from the library, but am also going to buy a copy, so it’s never too far.
An inspired fable about true friendship; independence; fitting in while standing out; imagination and belief in the impossible. Although it's not a graphic novel exactly, the text does interact heavily with Lamb's highly detailed, stylized illustrations of a rickety post-industrial landscape peopled by wonderfully weird characters. Beyond how fun and wacky the book is--it spoke straight to my heart, y'all. The kids* in your life need this book (and probably you need it, too).*It's being marketed...
Flutter By ButterflyThis light and airy fable flutters about touching on this and that in a charming but subtly muscular fashion. Our heroine won't ever come to ground, and she spends her days flitting about the city, always watching and occasionally interacting with others, but only on her own terms. Can she really fly, does she just think she can fly, or does she just always fall sideways? Well, that's the real question isn't it. Eggs is our heroine, (which I think is a great joke on "Bird" as...
Another beautiful urban fantasy story from the legendary Sybil Lamb. Beautiful characters, like junkyard dogs who learn how to be friends and also start a skateboard gang. Between the illustrations and the wild imagery of the story, my head is swimming. This is the perfect gift for any kid but especially kids who might wonder more than average.
In an unnamed city, a homeless girl named Eggs spends her time flying and exploring. When she becomes a regular at Grackle McCart’s hot dog bicycle cart, which sells 100 types of hot dogs, Grack and Eggs become fast friends. Eggs flys fliers for his hot dogs all over town, bringing him business galore, and in exchange she hangs out with Grack whenever she wants and gets free hot dogs. Eggs also makes friends with a loner hippie girl named Splendid Fairy Wren, who teaches Eggs about gardening and...
Meet Eggs, the girl who could fly. As an eccentric character with peculiar beliefs and unthinkable survival skills, Eggs accentuates the life of the homeless. As the story unfolds, Eggs' ability to fly takes centre stage to her lack of a home and family. The reader is directed to focus on Eggs' awkwardness among people, lack of social skills and childish mentality. Yet as the story unfolds, we realize Eggs represents the marginalized and the destitute. Where is Eggs to learn these expected behav...
Review forthcoming.
I love the discussion of friendship in this book and the illustrations!
Book Reviewed on www.whisperingstories.comA young girl given the name Eggs because of her only T-shirt with Eggs written on the front is convinced that she can fly. She soars between rooftops and up the side of buildings. One day she catches the eye of Grackle McCart who runs the family hotdog business selling 100 different types of hotdogs.Eggs and Grackle become friends, but Grackle wants them to have more of a friendship than just Eggs soaring around his cart each day so he takes her back to
Thank you to Edelweiss+ and Arsenal Pulp Press for giving me this eARC in exchange for an honest review!Though rather short, The Girl Who Was Convinced Beyond All Reason That She Could Fly was a treat to read. Whimsical, humorous, and unique, this novel is one to look out for, a delightful romp across city rooftops.Eggs was such a precocious character, and I loved tagging along on her adventures across the city. Grack and Wren were likewise humorous, and paired well with Eggs’ chaotic, misfit na...
This was awful. Like. What even was this? It sounded like a story one of my students would write. But, like, not one of my good students. Like a kid who wrote a story the night before it was due because they need the average grade to continue playing football. It read like the works of Francesca Lia Block, which is so not a compliment from me. And the art is hideous. Just...hideous. Like, garbage pail kid hideous.
I’m..... not entirely sure what I just read. Eggs is a homeless girl who thinks she can fly, her feet never touching the ground and she spends her days scaling buildings and soaring between them. Along the way she develops a friendship with a boy who runs a hotdog cart and a girl who knits socks and they accept each other just as they are. Paired with Lamb’s story is her artwork, which is just as quirky as the text. But it felt like readers are dropped into the story half way through and mid sen...
I wanted to explore the Weirdly Specific Market further! Sadly, my copy had a printing error that repeated the first 18 pages in place of pages 19-36, so I missed most of the developing friendship between Eggs and Grack. They seem like people I'd enjoy getting to know.
Note: I accessed a digital review copy of this book through Edelweiss.
Popsugar Reading Challenge 2020: A book by an author with flora or fauna in their nameI almost feel guilty for disliking this as much as I do.But the art style really wasn't for me, and I think the overall story had potentially to be much better than what it actually is.Sucks.