When Giants Burn (Paperback)

描述

格蒂有個秘密:她正在造一架飛機。她想加入民用空中巡邏隊，那裏的飛行員年僅12歲就能幫助救災——但她知道她的父母會很憤怒。他們是生存主義者，他們把她培養成獨立的人，讓她上中學只是為了讓她知道他們為什麽決定退出社會。盡管如此，格蒂還是決心保護她心愛的潘多，這是附近的一片古老的白楊林。

In this “poignant” (Publishers Weekly), riveting middle grade novel that’s “a ‘Hatchet and Gretel story’” (Booklist), two unlikely friends fly off on an adventure they hope will set them free—only to learn the value of what they left behind.

Gerty has a secret: She’s building an airplane. She wants to join the Civil Air Patrol, where pilots as young as twelve help with disaster relief—but she knows her parents would be outraged. They’re survivalists who raised her to be independent and only enrolled her in middle school to show her why they’ve decided to opt out of society. Still, Gerty is determined to protect her beloved Pando, a nearby ancient aspen forest.