![]() ![]() He thought it was cool flying around the city, but he said it was a little boring too so he gave this 3 stars. The niece thought this was beautiful and she liked the flying girl in the story too. It’s also the answer to the age old question, ‘what superpower would you want if you could have powers?’ Yes, I want to fly. I always dreamed of flying as a child too, maybe for different reasons, but wanting to be free as well. I love the story about flying and freedom. We see the quilt squares around the edges of the page. This was also made into a quilt, well it was a quilt first and then Faith developed it into this story. Faith has written this story out of her own days of laying on the rooftop and looking at the stars on summer nights and flying over the city. It is an African American tradition I learned from this book. The theme of flying as metaphor for freedom and being free is used to wonderful effect here. This is a little memoir set in 1930s Harlem. ![]()
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