176 // Wings / Christopher Myers

Wings / Christopher Myers

• Scholastic

• 2000

• Are you brave enough to be your true self? Ikarus Jackson is, but it isn't always easy. The people in his neigborhood point at his wings. The kids at school laugh. The teachers call him a distraction.One girl identifies with Ikarus, but she is too shy to speak up for herself, let alone for him. Maybe I should have said something to those mean kids, she thinks, when their taunts send him drifting into the sky. Inspired by Ikarus's own courage, she sets out in search of him and so begins her own journey of self discovery -- leaving both of them transformed - From Amazon

• Encouragement to accept uniqueness

• The paper collage was very cool. I loved looking at what each of the papers once was. The name choice of Ikarus would be great to tie into a greek mythology study of Icarus as well!