This New Zealand publication will be released in the U.S. as The Boy Who Could Fly. The Loblolly Boy can fly, but he cannot be seen by most people (except for sensitives) and he cannot eat. It's a lonely life, so the Loblolly Boy tries to find a human who is so miserable that he is willing to cha...
‘Chase that dove! Easy! Where is the bloody thing anyway? It could be anywhere. It’s only got the entire sky to hide in!’ He did not share Miriam’s belief that the missing dove was the answer. He had no confidence that the prodigal dove would be any more helpful than the rest of the grumpy dove c...
She hurled her diary at the wall in frustration.Felix stared moodily at the floor, and once again Myrtle began to whimper softly.‘I hate this place,’ she sobbed. ‘I wish we’d never …’Myrtle’s grizzling interrupted Felix’s dark brooding and he looked at her briefly. Suddenly he was reminded of som...
From this height the distance between ship and jolly-boat seemed a small thing but I knew that at sea level they were separated by a horizon of unremitting emptiness. Moreover, to bring the vessels together, the men on the jolly-boat must bridge that gap, must man oars and pull despite cramped st...