Flying Tips For Flightless Birds

Winner of the Children's Books Ireland Book of the Year Award Winner of the Northern Ireland Book Award "Filled with fantastical but real-feeling joy" - The Guardian "A warm hug of a book" - The Irish Independent "Highs, lows, love and laughter" - LoveReading4Kids "Witty and clever. This novel really does sparkle" - Roddy Doyle "Kelly McCaughrain is one to watch" - Susin Nielsen A sweet and kooky romcom debut for fans of R. J. Palacio's Wonder , Sarah Crossan, and Susin Nielsen's We Are All Made of Molecules . Twins Finch and Birdie Franconi are stars of the flying trapeze. But when Birdie suffers a terrifying accident, Finch must team up with the geeky new kid, Hector Hazzard, to form an all-boys double act and save the family circus school. Together they learn to walk the high-wire of teen life and juggle the demands of friends, family, first love and facing up to who they are - all served up with a dash of circus-showbiz magic.