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Horn Book Magazine
Reviewed on October 1, 2011
Girls don't fly, and neither do flightless cormorants, the species seventeen-year-old Myra intends to study if she wins a research scholarship to the Galápagos Islands. The novel's title actually refers to Myra's tendency not to put herself on the launch pad -- to value everyone's needs over her own. Myra is a likable, level-headed narrator from a sympathetically drawn working-class Utah family. Her parents aren't cruel; they're just overwhelmed, wit...Log In or Sign Up to Read More
Horn Book Guide
Reviewed on January 1, 2011 | Older Fiction
Girls don’t fly, and neither do flightless cormorants, the species seventeen-year-old Myra intends to study if she wins a research scholarship to the ...Log In or Sign Up to Read More
Junior Library Guild
Reviewed on February 1, 2012
Offers a wry, compassionate perspective on the travails of teenage life. Readers will root for Myra as she overcomes numerous obstacles—an overly demanding family, a manipulative ex-boyfriend, a germ-ridden chicken suit—to compete for a scholarship trip to the Galapagos Island...Log In or Sign Up to Read More
