Taking Flight (5 page)

Luke watches them. Their silver wings flash in the sunlight as they spiral in the blue sky.

Luke remembers his dream. “Happy flight, Grandad,” he whispers. He feels sure Grandad is still watching him, somehow.

Mum's car pulls up. She calls from the gate. “Luke? I'm home.”

“Coming,” he says. “I'll make us pancakes for tea.”

Julia Green writes mainly for young adults.
Blue Moon
,
Baby Blue
and
Hunter's Heart
are all published by Puffin. She lives in Bath with her two teenage children, and lectures in creative writing at Bath Spa University. She is programme leader for the MA in Writing for Young People. She also runs writing workshops for young people and adults.

Alan MacDonald

It's a tough job for Paul being Jago's ‘buddy' at school. The new boy comes from a family of travellers and he doesn't say much or seem interested in making friends. Then Paul discovers Jago has a secret and a special bond develops between the two boys, but how long can it last?

Nothing But Trouble
is a story about prejudice and not fitting in.

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Year 4

Stories About Imagined Worlds

Hugo and the Long Red Arm • Rachel Anderson
Live the Dream • Jenny Oldfield
Swan Boy • Diana Hendry

Stories That Raise Issues

Taking Flight • Julia Green
Finding Fizz • J. Alexander
Nothing But Trouble • Alan MacDonald

Stories From Different Cultures

The Little Puppet Boy • James Riordan
The Story Thief • Andrew Fusek Peters
The Hound of Ulster • Malachy Doyle

Historical Stories

The Queen's Token • Pamela Oldfield
War Games • James Riordan
Outbreak • Alison Prince

Text copyright © 2006 Julia Green
Illustrations copyright © 2006 Jane Cope

Reprinted 2008, 2011 (three times)
First published 2006 by A & C Black
Bloomsbury Publishing Plc
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This electronic edition published in September 2013 by Bloomsbury Publishing

White Wolves Series Consultant: Sue Ellis, Centre for Literacy in Primary Education

This book can be used in the White Wolves Guided Reading programme with children who need a lot of support with reading at Year 4 level

The rights of Julia Green and Jane Cope to be identified as author and illustrator of this work respectively have been asserted by them in accordance with the Copyrights, Designs and Patents Act 1988.

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A CIP catalogue for this book is available from the British Library.

eISBN: 978-1-4081-6343-6

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