The Flyers

(Hardback)

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Four seventh-grade girls meet in the big city and learn to embrace new experiences while keeping the best parts of home with them in this sweet middle grade novelfrom the author of The Last Tree Town and If This Were a Story.

With the arrival of a glossy, cream-colored envelope in the mail, Elena Martinezs dreams come true: shes been chosen for the Spread Your Wings Magazines Young Flyers programa week-long summer internship where shell get to learn the ins and outs of working for the most popular teen magazine. She heads to New York City, anxious to get away from her best friend, Summer, who is suddenly spending a lot time with another girl from school and being secretive about it.

Once there Elena meets her fellow Young Flyers: Harlow, who can get to the bottom of any story, Whitney, who has spot-on fashion sense, and Cailin, a social media star with thousands of followers and an eye for photography.

As the four new friends explore the city that never sleeps, each girl brings a piece of home, and a few secrets, with them and learns that no ones life is as glossy as it may appear. But with courage, teamwork, and lots of passion, theres no stopping a Flyer.

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"A short, sweet tale of expanding horizons, nurturing friendships, and pursuing passions." -- Kirkus Reviews

Author Bio

Beth Turley is a graduate of the MFA in creative and professional writing program at Western Connecticut State University. She lives and writes in southeastern Connecticut, where the leaves changing color feels like magic and the water is never too far away. She is the author ofIf This Were a Story,The Last Tree Town, andThe Flyers.Visit her on Twitter @Beth_Turley.