The Year I Flew Away

In this magical middle grade novel, ten-year-old Gabrielle finds out that America isnt the perfect place she imagined when she moves from Haiti to Brooklyn. With the help of a clever witch, Gabrielle becomes the perfect Americanbut will she lose herself in the process? Perfect for fans of Hurricane Child and Front Desk. Its 1985 and ten-year-old Gabrielle is excited to be moving from Haiti to America. Unfortunately, her parents wont be able to join her yet and shell be living in a place called Brooklyn, New York, with relatives she has never met. She promises her parents that she will behave, but life proves to be difficult in the United States, from learning the language to always feeling like she doesnt fit in to being bullied. So when a witch offers her a chance to speak English perfectly and be American, she makes the deal. But soon she realizes how much she has given up by trying to fit in and, along with her two new friends (one of them a talking rat), takes on the witch in an epic battle to try to reverse the spell. Gabrielle is a funny and engaging heroine you wont soon forget in this sweet and lyrical novel thats perfect for fans of Hurricane Child and Front Desk.