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The Summer I Learned to Fly

By Dana Reinhardt

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Category: Teen & Young Adult Fiction | Teen & Young Adult Social Issues

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Paperback $8.99

Jul 10, 2012 | 224 Pages | Young Adult

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Jul 12, 2011 | 224 Pages | Young Adult

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Jul 12, 2011 | 224 Pages | Young Adult

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    About The Summer I Learned to Fly

    Drew’s a bit of a loner. She has a pet rat, her dead dad’s Book of Lists, an encyclopedic knowledge of cheese from working at her mom’s cheese shop, and a crush on Nick, the surf bum who works behind the counter. It’s the summer before eighth grade and Drew’s days seem like business as usual, until one night after closing time, when she meets a strange boy in the alley named Emmett Crane. Who he is, why he’s there, where the cut on his cheek came from, and his bottomless knowledge of rats are all mysteries Drew will untangle as they are drawn closer together, and Drew enters into the first true friendship, and adventure, of her life.


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    About The Summer I Learned to Fly

    Drew’s a bit of a loner. She has a pet rat, her dead dad’s Book of Lists, an encyclopedic knowledge of cheese from working at her mom’s cheese shop, and a crush on Nick, the surf bum who works behind the counter. It’s the summer before eighth grade and Drew’s days seem like business as usual, until one night after closing time, when she meets a strange boy in the alley named Emmett Crane. Who he is, why he’s there, where the cut on his cheek came from, and his bottomless knowledge of rats are all mysteries Drew will untangle as they are drawn closer together, and Drew enters into the first true friendship, and adventure, of her life.

    About The Summer I Learned to Fly

    Drew’s a bit of a loner. She has a pet rat, her dead dad’s Book of Lists, an encyclopedic knowledge of cheese from working at her mom’s cheese shop, and a crush on Nick, the surf bum who works behind the counter. It’s the summer before eighth grade and Drew’s days seem like business as usual, until one night after closing time, when she meets a strange boy in the alley named Emmett Crane. Who he is, why he’s there, where the cut on his cheek came from, and his bottomless knowledge of rats are all mysteries Drew will untangle as they are drawn closer together, and Drew enters into the first true friendship, and adventure, of her life.


    From the Hardcover edition.

    About The Summer I Learned to Fly

    Drew’s a bit of a loner. She has a pet rat, her dead dad’s Book of Lists, an encyclopedic knowledge of cheese from working at her mom’s cheese shop, and a crush on Nick, the surf bum who works behind the counter. It’s the summer before eighth grade and Drew’s days seem like business as usual, until one night after closing time, when she meets a strange boy in the alley named Emmett Crane. Who he is, why he’s there, where the cut on his cheek came from, and his bottomless knowledge of rats are all mysteries Drew will untangle as they are drawn closer together, and Drew enters into the first true friendship, and adventure, of her life.


    From the Hardcover edition.

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    About Dana Reinhardt

    A Brief Chapter In My Impossible Life is my first novel. There’s nothing like the first time something wonderful happens to you, like, for example, when you sit down to write your first novel and it actually gets published.I guess… More about Dana Reinhardt

    About Dana Reinhardt

    A Brief Chapter In My Impossible Life is my first novel. There’s nothing like the first time something wonderful happens to you, like, for example, when you sit down to write your first novel and it actually gets published.I guess… More about Dana Reinhardt

    About Dana Reinhardt

    A Brief Chapter In My Impossible Life is my first novel. There’s nothing like the first time something wonderful happens to you, like, for example, when you sit down to write your first novel and it actually gets published.I guess… More about Dana Reinhardt

    About Dana Reinhardt

    A Brief Chapter In My Impossible Life is my first novel. There’s nothing like the first time something wonderful happens to you, like, for example, when you sit down to write your first novel and it actually gets published.I guess… More about Dana Reinhardt

    Product Details

    Paperback | $8.99
    Published by Ember
    Jul 10, 2012 | 224 Pages | 5-1/2 x 8-1/4 | Young Adult | ISBN 9780385739559

    Hardcover | $15.99
    Published by Wendy Lamb Books
    Jul 12, 2011 | 224 Pages | 5-1/2 x 8-1/4 | Young Adult | ISBN 9780385739542

    Ebook | $7.99
    Published by Wendy Lamb Books
    Jul 12, 2011 | 224 Pages | Young Adult | ISBN 9780375897870

    Audiobook Download | $15.00
    Published by Listening Library (Audio)
    Jul 12, 2011 | 270 Minutes | Young Adult | ISBN 9780307915764

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    Praise

    Starred Review, Publishers Weekly, May 23, 2011:
    “Laced with mystery and fascinating details about Drew’s chief interests–rats and cheese–this quiet novel invites readers to share in its heroine’s deepest yearnings, changing moods, and difficult realizations. Strong imagery…will stay with readers.”


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    Awards

    Kid’s Indie Next List “Inspired Recommendations for Kids from Indie Booksellers” WINNER 2011

    Bank Street Child Study Children’s Book Award NOMINEE

    Oklahoma Sequoyah Children’s Book Award NOMINEE 2014

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