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Taking wing

Nancy Price Graff

2005211 pagesabout 3–5 hours
2005
first published
  • 2005Clarion Books · 211 pages · ENGISBN 9780618535910

With his father in the Army Air Corps and his mother diagnosed with tuberculosis, thirteen-year-old Gus sets out to incubate a nest of orphaned duck eggs on his grandparents' farm in Vermont.

How it feels

MoodSad
AtmosphereBleak

Worth knowing

ViolenceFrequent
Written forMiddle grade

When and where

ThemesWar

Content notes

  • Warmoderateunreviewed

Quotesnone available

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