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Wild Wings de Gill Lewis

Wild Wings

Autor Gill Lewis Ilustrat de Yuta Onoda
en Limba Engleză Hardback – 24 mai 2011 – vârsta până la 12 ani

Recomandăm cu drag părinților o lectură care îmbină aventura cu o profundă sensibilitate ecologică. Wild Wings ne întâmpină într-un format paperback rezistent, cu pagini bine legate, pregătite să reziste entuziasmului micilor cititori care vor dori să revină asupra paginilor sale. Deși este o ediție broșată, calitatea hârtiei și claritatea textului o fac ideală pentru biblioteca unui preșcolar sau elev de școală primară, fiind concepută special pentru a fi mânuită fără grijă de mâini mici.

Descoperim aici povestea emoționantă a lui Callum, un băiat din Scoția, și a Ionei, o fată care ascunde un secret prețios: prezența unui vultur pescar rar pe proprietatea familiei sale. Atmosfera amintește de A Bird, a Girl, and a Rescue, dar în timp ce acea lucrare se concentrează pe viața la un internat african, Wild Wings creează o punte tehnologică și emoțională între peisajele dramatice ale Scoției și cele din Gambia. Reținem modul în care Gill Lewis reușește să transforme monitorizarea migrației unei păsări într-o lecție despre promisiuni și speranță. Spre deosebire de Little Owl Rescue, care mizează pe elemente magice, aici realismul este cel care oferă greutate poveștii, învățându-i pe copii despre pericolele reale ale braconajului și despre fragilitatea speciilor pe cale de dispariție.

Stilul narativ este alert, dar punctat de momente de reflecție, oferind un ritm care menține curiozitatea vie. Este o experiență de lectură care nu doar informează despre natură, ci cultivă empatia față de suferință și pierdere, transformând salvarea unei păsări într-o metaforă pentru salvarea propriilor suflete ale personajelor.

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ISBN-13: 9781442414457
ISBN-10: 1442414456
Pagini: 304
Dimensiuni: 144 x 198 x 30 mm
Greutate: 0.36 kg
Editura: Atheneum Books for Young Readers
Locul publicării:New York, NY

De ce să citești această carte

Recomandăm această carte părinților care doresc să le cultive copiilor (8-12 ani) respectul pentru mediu și empatia. Cititorul câștigă o perspectivă globală asupra naturii, înțelegând cum acțiunile dintr-un colț de lume influențează viața în altul. Este un motiv concret de a discuta despre ecologie, responsabilitate și despre cum prietenia poate depăși barierele geografice, totul sub semnătura unei autoare care cunoaște lumea animală din perspectiva medicului veterinar.

Despre autor

Gill Lewis este o voce distinctă în literatura pentru copii contemporană, fiind de profesie medic veterinar. Pasiunea sa pentru lumea naturală este firul roșu care îi leagă întreaga operă, de la Wild Wings și One White Dolphin — ambele premiate cu Green Earth Book Award — până la lucrări mai recente precum Song of the River sau Swan Song. În lucrări precum A Street Dog Named Pup, ea explorează legătura indisolubilă dintre oameni și animale, o temă recurentă și în Wild Wings. Locuiește în Marea Britanie și continuă să scrie povești care pun în lumină eforturile de conservare și puterea vindecătoare a naturii.

Recenzii

Wild WingsBy Gill Lewis
Though Callum first sees Iona as an intruder on his family's farmland, she reveals a secret that overcomes his reluctance to befriend her: she's discovered a rare osprey aerie. For months, they watch a pair of raptors and their chicks until it's nearly time for the birds' migration to Africa. Keeping his closeness with Iona as deep a secret as the endangered ospreys' nest, Callum begins to draw away from his other friends at school. After a shocking event, he gradually learns not only that he needs them, but also that he can depend on them and the rest of his village community more than he knew. Set in contemporary Scotland, this engaging novel is built on a solid foundation of characters who respond realistically to people and experiences. Even the minor characters are well drawn and convincing, and the interplay of individuals from different generations is portrayed with unusual finesse. A strong ecological theme runs through the novel,

Wild WingsBy Gill Lewis
Though Callum first sees Iona as an intruder on his family's farmland, she reveals a secret that overcomes his reluctance to befriend her: she's discovered a rare osprey aerie. For months, they watch a pair of raptors and their chicks until it's nearly time for the birds' migration to Africa. Keeping his closeness with Iona as deep a secret as the endangered ospreys' nest, Callum begins to draw away from his other friends at school. After a shocking event, he gradually learns not only that he needs them, but also that he can depend on them and the rest of his village community more than he knew. Set in contemporary Scotland, this engaging novel is built on a solid foundation of characters who respond realistically to people and experiences. Even the minor characters are well drawn and convincing, and the interplay of individuals from different generations is portrayed with unusual finesse. A strong ecological theme runs through the novel, as the characters together work to protect one of the ospreys, even tracking an electronically tagged bird's journey to Africa and finding allies to rescue her when she's in danger. Full-page drawings, not seen in final form, will illustrate this vividly imagined and well-written novel.
--"Booklist", March 1, 2011, *STAR

Striving to protect the osprey nesting on his family's farm in Scotland, 11-year-old Callum McGregor watches the bird throughout summer, uses a computer to follow her migration to Africa and sets in motion a remarkable chain of events. This rich, moving tale begins with a shared secret: It was classmate Fiona McNair who found the nest. When the bird is snagged in fishing line high in her pine, the circle expands to include Callum's sheep-farming family and a ranger from a nearby preserve. When she migrates, Callum and friends Rob and Euan track her through the transmitter she carries on her back. When her signal disappears in a Gambian mangrove forest, 10-year-old Jeneba, hospitalized with broken legs, mobilizes the fishermen of her village and a visiting American doctor to rescue and rehabilitate her. Eventually--and entirely naturally--the bird's story reaches around the world. The suspenseful story line is surrounded with precise details: the Scottish landscape, osprey behavior, the work of a sheepdog and the joy and pain of riding a trail bike. Short chapters, some with cliffhanging endings, will read aloud well. Callum's first-person narrative is occasionally paralleled by the osprey's own experience, as Callum imagines it. With universal themes of life and death, friendship and respect for the natural world, this is still quite particular, a powerfully memorable story of a boy's grief and determination to keep a promise. - "KIRKUS, "March 1, 2011 *STAR
Wild WingsWritten by Gill Lewis and illustrated by Yuta Onada
(Atheneum; ISBN: 9781442414457; May 2011; Spring catalog p. 68)
The worlds of two villages in Scotland and the Gambia intersect through modern technology and the determined efforts of children to save an injured osprey. When 11-year-old Iona moves in with her elderly grandfather, who is considered a "nutter," most children ostracize her. But an unlikely friendship develops between Iona and her classmate Callum after she shares her discovery of an osprey nest on his farm. Knowing ospreys are endangered, they keep Iris's existence secret until a fishing line entangles her, forcing them to seek help. A naturalist saves Iris and tags her, allowing the children to track her flight from Scotland to Africa online. In her first novel, picture book author Lewis (The Most Precious Thing) deftly explores painful divisions within friendships and communities, which lead to broken relationships and unexpected tragedies, as well as surprising connections made across barriers of culture and distance when one person's passion inspires acts of generosity, kindness, friendship, and hope. Callum narrates most of the story, though several short chapters share Iris's perspective in this unsentimental and powerfully moving tale. Final art not seen by PW. Ages 8-12.
--"Publishers Weekly", March 14, 2011, *STAR

Descriere scurtă

The majestic Osprey is an endangered bird that hasn't been seen in Scotland for years, so when Iona McNair locates an Osprey nest, she's desperate to keep the bird safe from poachers. She shares her secret with her classmate Callum, and the two become friends as they work to save the Osprey they've named Isis. They're able to get the bird tagged by a preservationist, but after Isis flies to Africa for the winter, her signal becomes stagnant, then lost. Spurred by a promise to Iona, who has fallen ill, Callum is determined to track and save Isis, and a leap of faith and the magic of e-mail connects him with a girl in Gambia who can help him make good--in more ways than one.
Set against the dramatic landscapes of Scotland and West Africa, this is a timeless tale of hope and friendship--a heartwarming novel infused with the beauty of nature.