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growing wings
linnet waited with her eyes closed for the door to open and her mother to peek in . waited for her to touch linnets shoulder blades lightly ... linnet knew that touch in her bones as if it had happened every night of her life . an imprint a memory of the skin itself . br so begins this startling first novel about an eleven year old girl who suddenly begins to grow wings wings with soft auburn feathers which only at first can be hidden with long hair and loose clothes . funny sad and hopeful this remarkable story captures a girls shock at feeling alone in life as it follows her journey to answer a most important question how can a girl with wings ever fit into the world
paperback houghton mifflin harcourt hmh 2010 isbn13 9780547249049 isbn10 0547249047
abridged n isbn 13 9780547249049 number in series 1 number of pages 195 publisher houghton mifflin harcourt release date 62135769600000