The Summer I Learned to Fly by Dana Reinhardt

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.

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.

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

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.”

From the Hardcover edition.

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