Piper McCloud lives with her normal ma and pa on a normal farm in normal Lowland County. But Piper isn’t your normal girl. Ever since Piper was a baby she’s been able to hover a few feet off the ground, and if the people of Lowland County knew she could fly, they would have something to say about it. So it only seems best that Piper be sent away to I.N.S.A.N.E., the top secret school for children with extraordinary abilities like hers. Her new friends have powers like telekinesis, X-ray vision, and the ability to create their own weather. Piper likes her new life at school, but soon, she realizes things aren’t as they seem. Now, the school she was sent to for her own protection might be the most dangerous place she’s ever been.

Praise

“It’s the oddest/sweetest mix of Little House on the Prairie and X-Men. I was smiling the whole time (except for the part where I cried). I gave it to my mom, and I’m reading it to my kids—it’s absolutely multigenerational. Prepare to have your heart warmed.”—Stephenie Meyer, author of the Twilight saga

 

“In this terrific debut novel, readers meet Piper McCloud, the late-in-life daughter of farmers. . . . The story soars, just like Piper, with enough loop-de-loops to keep kids uncertain about what will come next. . . . Best of all are the book’s strong, lightly wrapped messages about friendship and authenticity and the difference between doing well and doing good.”—Booklist, Starred Review

 

“Forester’s disparate settings (down-home farm and futuristic ice-bunker institute) are unified by the rock-solid point of view and unpretentious diction . . . any child who has felt different will take strength from Piper’s fight to be herself against the tide of family, church, and society.”—The Horn Book Review

About the Author(s)

Victoria Forester

VICTORIA FORESTER is a successful screenwriter who originally wrote The Girl Who Could Fly for film. She liked the story so much that she decided to expand it into her first book. Originally from Ontario, Victoria now lives in Los Angeles with her husband, baby daughter, and ridiculously orange cat, Rufus.

Excerpt

CHAPTER ONE
Piper decided to jump off of the roof. It wasn’t a rash decision on her part.
This was her plan—climb to the top of the roof, pick up speed by running from one end all the way to the other. Jump off.
Finally, and most importantly, don’t fall.
She didn’t make plans in the event that she did fall, because if you jump off of the roof of your house and land on your head, you really don’t need any plans from that point on.

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