The Girl Who Could Fly by Victoria Forester

The Locale: Smith & Elizabeth’s

The Author’s Website

The Book’s Website

The Book: Meet Piper McCloud, daughter of farmers. Her parents revel in conformity, so when Piper shows a talent for flying, her parents homeschool her and kept away from outsiders. Finally, her parents let her go to a community picnic, where Piper hopes to meet new friends. Instead, she terrifies the neighbors. In no time, the McCloud farm is besieged. A helicopter brings the empathetic Dr. Letitia Hellion, who whisks Piper off to a secret school for kids with special talents. But things are not what they seem to be. The story soars, just like Piper, with enough loop-de-loops to keep kids uncertain about what will come next. Forester’s plainspoken heroine has a big heart and a strong streak of defiance. (Adapted from the Booklist review posted at Amazon.com)

The Fun (Smith's Report):
For the book club meeting about "The Girl Who Could Fly" we had a Lowland County Picnic. We ate chicken nuggets, macaroni salad, and cole slaw. During our picnic we did a cross word puzzle and checked our answers. Then we discussed the book. Some of the questions that were asked are "If you could have any super power what would you choose?" and "What did you think about Conrad?" We had a great time.

The Girls Who Could Not Fly!

The Vote: Perri presented the following books. Meeting TBD.

• Elijah of Buxton by Christopher Paul Curtis. WINNER
• Sammy Keys and the Hotel Thief by Wendolyn Van Draanen
• The Host by Stephanie Myers (Note: Moms’ took this book off the table for votes as the main character was a 21 and many felt it may not be appropriate for the girls at this point in time)

Who Presents Next: Emma

Changes/Updates: It’s Cassie & Susan’s turn to invite a new mom/daughter, and they have a couple in mind, who hopefully will join us at the next meeting.

Up Next: The Westing Game by Ellen Raskin @ Olivia & Susan’s home on October 29th at a special time, 4:00 - 6:00pm. In keeping with the book theme and Halloween season, it is our goal to have a mystery party event in which each girl will need to arrive in character and play a part in the mystery. Book club will meet from 4-6, dinner will be served about 6pm and then girls...and moms...with additional family members joining in...are invited to stick around for The Saunders’ Annual Spookfest--a backyard, outdoor screening of a spooky, tween friendly Halloween movie.