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The Boy Who Flew

by Fleur Hitchcock

Interest age: 9 to 11
Reading age: 9+

Published by Nosy Crow, 2019

  • Adventure
  • Historical
  • Thriller

About this book

Athan’s mother doesn’t approve of his association with Mr Chen. She thinks the inventions and experiments the old man works on could be dangerous, perhaps even the work of the devil. What she’d really like is for Athan to become a footman or a carriage boy – someone she can be proud of. Athan can’t think of anything worse.

When Mr Chen is found brutally murdered, Athan’s priority is to honour his last wish by rescuing the secret plans that should enable the completion of the spectacular flying machine the two of them had been working on. But Athan needs help and he’s not sure who to trust.

Athan’s story is tense, exciting and marked by both tragedy and triumph. His dogged determination to do justice to the memory of his mentor is matched only by his desire to save his family from poverty and the influence of his evil grandmother.

With numerous twists and false trails, this is a compelling and imaginative historical thriller for middle grade readers.

About the author

Born in Chobham, by an airfield, and raised in Winchester on the banks of the River Itchen, Fleur Hitchcock grew up as the youngest child of three. When she was eight, she wrote a story about an alien and a jelly. It was called THE ALIEN AND THE JELLY and filled four exercise books. She grew up a little, went away to school near Farnham, studied English in Wales, and, for the next twenty years, sold Applied Art in the city of Bath. When her younger child was seven, she embarked on the Writing for Young People MA at Bath Spa and graduated with a distinction. Now living outside Bath, between parenting and writing, Fleur Hitchcock works with her husband (a toy maker), looks after other people's gardens and grows vegetables.

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