羽翼渐丰Fledgling, The

作者简介：Born in Boston, Massachusetts, Jane Langton studied astronomy at Wellesley College and the University of Michigan and did graduate work in art history at the University of Michigan and Radcliffe College. She is the author of several books for young people, including five other books in The Hall Family Chronicles: THE DIAMOND IN THE WINDOW THE SWING IN THE SUMMER- HOUSE, THE ASTONISHING STEREOSCOPE, THE FRAGILE FLAG, and THE TIME BIKE. MS. Langton lives in
Lincoln, Massachusetts. 

So when her stepcousins Eleanor and Eddy tell her that she can't fly, Georgie doesn't get discouraged -- she just tries harder She feels a peculiar lightness when she leaps from the top of the staircase, and is even more certain of her seemingly impossible ability when she jumps from the porch and soars to the rooftop before landing safely on the ground. And now that a mysterious Canada goose is visiting Georgie's window on a nightly basis, the Hall family begins to wonder just what Georgie is capable of....