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    The Summer I Learned to Fly

    Written by Dana Reinhardt

    Narrated by Shannon McManus

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    About this audiobook

    Drew's a bit of a loner. She has a pet rat, her dead dad's Book of Lists, an encyclopedic knowledge of cheese from working at her mom's cheese shop, and a crush on Nick, the surf bum who works behind the counter. It's the summer before eighth grade and Drew's days seem like business as usual, until one night after closing time, when she meets a strange boy in the alley named Emmett Crane. Who he is, why he's there, where the cut on his cheek came from, and his bottomless knowledge of rats are all mysteries Drew will untangle as they are drawn closer together, and Drew enters into the first true friendship, and adventure, of her life.

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherPenguin Random House Audio
    Release dateJul 12, 2011
    ISBN9780307915764
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    The Summer I Learned to Fly
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    Dana Reinhardt

    Dana Reinhardt lives in San Francisco with her husband and their two daughters. She is the award-winning author of the young adult novels A Brief Chapter in My Impossible Life, Harmless, How to Build a House, The Things a Brother Knows, and The Summer I Learned to Fly and the middle-grade novel Odessa Again. Her books have been named to many best of the year lists, and reviewers have praised her work as “exceptional,” and “funny and unforgettable.” Visit her at danareinhardt.net.

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    • 4/5
      Drew decides after finding her father's journal that is time for her to take a risk and try to find out about who she is.
    • 3/5
      In this teen novel, thirteen-year-old Drew is looking forward to a summer of working in her mother's new cheese shop, spending time with nineteen-year old Nick. But then Nick gets a girlfriend, and her mother doesn't seem to have time for her. Drew spends more time with Emmett Crane, a mysterious boy who also loves both cheese and her pet rat, Hum. She begins to pull away from her mother, as she is drawn into Emmett's story. Emmett becomes Drew's first true friend and she must decide what she is willing to risk for that friendship. This is a story about beginning to grow up, having something to believe in, and friendship.
    • 4/5
      A thoughtful, unusual read. Drew is a loner looking for a close friend, but doesn't take many risks. Emmett is looking for a miracle and has taken a big risk. When they find each other, things start to change. Drew starts to defy her mother, looking for spontaneity and freedom. I loved Drew's relationship with surfer Nick, and Nick's strength after a bad accident. This is a good young teen read.
    • 5/5
      The story of a young girl (Birdie, Robin, Drew) and the runaway she meets and helps. Her mom owns a cheese shop, she has a pet rat, her dad passed away and she reads his book of lists that he made. The runaway, Emmet Crane is looking for a miracle in the form a a native american legend so that he can get the miracle that will save his family.
    • 4/5
      My favorite Dana Reinhardt book is still A Brief Chapter in My Impossible Life. However, all her books are good reading. In The Summer I Learned to Fly, thirteen-year-old Drew (formerly named Robin) is helping her mother in their cheese shop in Central California. Each night she puts left over cheese and rolls outside the back of the store and each morning it is gone. One afternoon she meets the person consuming the morsels--Emmet Crane. And Emmet Crane changes her life.The Summer I Learned to Fly is Drew's coming of age. She learns about her father who died when she was three from his book of lists. She learns about friendship from Emmet. She learns about love from her mother and from Nick, the guy who makes fresh made pasta in her mother's cheese store. It is a summer where Drew steps out of the boundaries of the good little girl and spreads her wings.Reinhardt's writing and story are always enticing. The characters are fun, including Hum, the rat, given to Drew by Swoozie, a relocated Wisconsinite who plopped herself and her Porsche down in central California. I read the book in October but it's a great summer read.
    • 4/5
      Drew's father died young. Now 13, she barely remembers him. On school vacation, she is helping her mother in the gourmet cheese shop she recently opened, and meets a boy in the alley behind the shop. They become friends, and she agrees to help him complete a quest that he believes will help his family resolve its issues.
    • 4/5
      Drew never knew her father, but she knows a lot ABOUT him, because he left a notebook of lists of things he likes, things he regrets, etc etc. Drew’s mother runs a cheese shop and the business takes up a lot of her time. Drew works at the shop for free and has never minded the work because she doesn’t have much else going for her. Until she meets a boy out behind the dumpsters, and he pulls her into his mysterious world. Very well-written, definitely sucks you in to Drew’s world. I wish there was more to the story, but it’s a great slice of life with a lot of adventure.
    • 3/5
      Teen/middle-grade fiction; coming of age making friends with homeless runaway dealing with dead dad you never knew mom possibly dating someone new (not really that much of a worry, only wish she wouldn't lie about it) mom's business possibly failing (except that it doesn't). This story had likeable characters and a couple of great lines (note left by Emmett after long, unexplained absence: "I want to be your friend, but I'm afraid I don't know how.") but other than that not all that memorable.
    • 4/5
      I really thought this one had a shot at the Newbery.
    • 4/5
      Drew's father died young. Now 13, she barely remembers him. On school vacation, she is helping her mother in the gourmet cheese shop she recently opened, and meets a boy in the alley behind the shop. They become friends, and she agrees to help him complete a quest that he believes will help his family resolve its issues.