{"product_id":"gliding-flight-anne-gine-goemans-9781642860085","title":"Gliding Flight","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\"A lively, exciting and funny novel, which is told with great energy and momentum. A completely convincing picture of the bizarre fantasy world of a lonely adolescent.\" ―Dutch Foundation for Literature\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eInventive, dreamy Gieles lives with his father and a flock of geese on a plane-spotters' campsite next to an airstrip. The surrounding landscape reclaimed from the sea, is as isolated as Gieles himself. The fourteen-year-old boy is longing for the mysterious dreadlocked girl he's met online, and for the affection of his absent mother, off on hapless missions to save the world.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e The boy conceives a desperate, dangerous plan to attract his mother's attention. He'll be a hero. Just like Captain Sully, who bravely landed on the Hudson after geese flew into his engines. Goemans's charmingly upbeat novel describes the fantasy-driven world of a teenage boy. At the same time, it tells the incredible story about how the Dutch turned water into land. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Anne-Gine Goemans\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1642860085\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781642860085\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e World Editions\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 03\/05\/2019\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 448\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.25lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.50h x 5.50w x 1.50d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eKirkus Reviews\u003c\/i\u003e 01\/01\/2019","brand":"Anne-Gine Goemans","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":48485737464063,"sku":"9781642860085","price":17.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_efbfc863-a0a5-409c-812e-8f45f93118fd.jpg?v=1778051247","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/gliding-flight-anne-gine-goemans-9781642860085","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}