Publisher: Aladdin/Simon & Schuster | Release date: July 5, 2016 | ISBN: 9781481447119
9781481447119
9781481447119
9781481447119
Genre: Middle Grade Contemporary
Seventh grader Eddie is determined honor his father’s legacy and win the school science fair in this fun and quirky debut novel.
Eddie learned everything there is to know about birding from his dad, including the legend of the golden eagle, which Dad claimed he saw once down near Miss Dorothy’s pond. According to his dad, the golden eagle had wings wider than a creek and talons the size of bulldozer claws. But when Eddie was in sixth grade, Dad “flew away” for good, leaving Eddie on his own to await the return of the elusive raptor.
Now Eddie is starting seventh grade and trying to impress Gabriella, the new girl in town. The annual seventh grade Science Symposium is looming (which Dad famously won), and Eddie is determined to claim the blue ribbon for himself. With Mr. Dover, the science teacher who was Dad’s birding rival, seemingly against him, and with Mouton, the class bully, making his life miserable on all fronts, Eddie is determined to overcome everything and live up to Dad’s memory. Can Eddie soar and make his dream take flight?
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Tracy Edward Wymer is the author of THE COLOR OF BONES and SOAR, and he is part of the middle grade anthology BEEN THERE, DONE THAT. When not plowing through the stack of books on his nightstand, he likes to run, write, and root for the Kansas City Royals. He lives with his family in Los Angeles.
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