Linnet waited with her eyes closed for the door to open and her mother to peekin. Waited for her to touch Linnets shoulder blades lightly...Linnet knew thattouc... » 

Linnet waited with her eyes closed for the door to open and her mother to peekin. Waited for her to touch Linnets shoulder blades lightly...Linnet knew thattouch in her bones as if it had happened every night of her life. An imprinta memory of the skin itself. So begins this startling first novel about anelevenyearold girl who suddenly begins to grow wings wings with softauburn feathers which only at first can be hidden with long hair and looseclothes. Funny sad and hopeful this remarkable story captures a girls shockat feeling alone in life as it follows her journey to answer a most importantquestion how can a girl with wings ever fit into the world? «