A review by rebecita
Wild Wings by Gill Lewis
4.0
There are two books in here... the first half is a Scottish Bridge to Terabithia for nature lovers... a bit of a hard sell to most of my urban readers. Then the second half becomes a much more accessible adventure about kids from different parts of the world coming together to save the day. (Don't get me wrong, kids don't always need to be spoonfed with high-interest reading. They can/should/will read 'slower' literature, but I do wish the author had worked the first part into a backstory or something to keep the pacing more consistent.)
This would be a great book to teach along with a science/geography unit, but probably a harder sell for pleasure reading unless you have a mini environmentalist or birder on your hands. Honestly, I was confused by how excited every single one of the characters get about the prospect of seeing an osprey. It's like they've found a unicorn.
This would be a great book to teach along with a science/geography unit, but probably a harder sell for pleasure reading unless you have a mini environmentalist or birder on your hands. Honestly, I was confused by how excited every single one of the characters get about the prospect of seeing an osprey. It's like they've found a unicorn.