* A Newbery Honor Book, The Fledgling is a modern classic, andhas sold nearly 200,000 copies. *The second half of the serieslaunch: We are relaunching all six classic Jane Langton titles asTHE HALL FAMILY CHRONICLES with a new design and series look. TheFledgling, The Fragile Flag, and The Time Bike represent a secondseason’s worth of this classic series. * Timely relaunch: Thesefunny, magical, well crafted books will perfectly suit the LemonySnicket/Harry Potter crowd. * The award–winning series has garneredglowing reviews: Booklist says of The Fledgling, “Langton’ssuperbly told story leaves an echo that is at once touching andchallenging” and the Boston Globe calls the series “splendidfantasy.” * Well-known author: Jane Langton is well-known tobooksellers, librarians, and reviewers—She is also the acclaimedauthor of 14 "Homer Kelly" mysteries for adults (
If there"s one thing Georgie Hall has always been, it"sdetermined.
So when her stepcousins Eleanor and Eddy tell her that she can"tfly, Georgie doesn"t get discouraged -- she just tries harder Shefeels a peculiar lightness when she leaps from the top of thestaircase, and is even more certain of her seemingly impossibleability when she jumps from the porch and soars to the rooftopbefore landing safely on the ground. And now that a mysteriousCanada goose is visiting Georgie"s window on a nightly basis, theHall family begins to wonder just what Georgie is capableof....
Born in Boston Massachusetts, Jane Langton studied astronomyat Wellesley College and the University of Michigan and didgraduate work in art history at the University of Michigan andRadcliffe College. She is the author of several books for youngpeople, including five other books in the Hall Family Chronicles:The Diamond in the Window, The Astonishing Stereoscope, the NewberyHonor Book The Fledgling, The Fragile Flag, and The Time Bike. Ms.Langton lives in Lincoln, Massachusetts.
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