The Boy Who Could Fly Without a Motor

The Boy Who Could Fly Without a MotorJon Jeffers is the loneliest nine year old on earth. It's 1935, and he's stuck on a tiny rocky island off the coast of San Francisco with his mother and his lighthouse keeper father. Jon longs for something more. If only he had a way to escape this forsaken pile of rocks, he could have some real adventures. Then one morning the irritable ghost of an ancient magician appears on the beach and offers amazingly to teach Jon to fly. Jon agrees, and at

Jon Jeffers is the loneliest nine-year-old on earth. It's 1935, and he's stuck on a tiny rocky island off the coast of San Francisco with his mother and his lighthouse-keeper father. Jon longs for something more. If only he had a way to escape this forsaken pile of rocks, he could have some real adventures.

Then one morning the irritable ghost of an ancient magician appears on the beach and offers--amazingly--to teach Jon to fly. Jon agrees, and at first flying seems to be the answer to his wildest dreams. But then he flies into some serious trouble. . . .

From the acclaimed author of The Cay, here is a sweet, funny, and outrageous tale of a boy who gets his dearest wish--and then wishes he hadn't.

Binding Type: Paperback
Publisher: Houghton Mifflin
Published: 05/01/2004
ISBN: 9780152047672
Pages: 153
Weight: 0.40lbs
Size: 7.90h x 5.00w x 0.50d
Accelerated Reader Quiz #/Name: 59390 / Boy Who Could Fly Without a Motor
Reading Level: 5.6 / Interest Level: Middle Grade / Point Value: 2