$17.99
Type: Middle Grade Novel
Pages: 240
Format: Hardcover
Publication: September 8, 2020
ISBN: 9781646140084
The blue wings
Written by Jef Aerts
Illustrated by Martijn van der Linden
Translated by Laura Watkinson
Two brothers bound together by affection and responsibility. Jadran is five years older than Josh and huge enough to be nicknamed Giant. Josh is younger, and smaller; but his sweet and stubborn brother thinks in a way that would be more typical of a small child. They are both dealing with changes to their newly blended, Muslim family. So Josh looks after Jadran and they both adjust. When the brothers find an injured young crane, Jadran wants to bring it back to their small apartment and teach it to fly at any cost. And it turns out the cost is high.
Intensely moving without ever slipping into sentimentality, The Blue Wings is a warm, love-filled story about fragility, strength, and brotherhood, in all its complications.
praise
“The brothers’ love and loyalty, as well as the newly blended family’s growing union, gives the story a strong emotional foundation.”— Publishers Weekly
About Jef Aerts
Jef Aerts grew up in a wooded village in Belgium. On this list we offer you his first picture book, Bigger Than a Dream, winner of the Book Lion Prize. LQ also proudly brings you his tender and funny middle grade novel, The Blue Wings. Aerts lives with his wife and three children on a small farm.
About Laura Watkinson
Laura Watkinson is an award-winning, full-time literary translator. She translates into English, from Dutch, Italian, and German. She is the founder of the Dutch chapter of the Society of Children’s Book Writers and Illustrators. She lives in Amsterdam.