Fly For Your Life (Paperback)

Eugene Pool

ISBN 13: 9798317800192

Published by BookBaby, 2025

About this Item

Paperback. A fish hawk and a heron, both female, risk everything for each other on the most dangerous journey of their lives. Migrating the Atlantic Flyway from Maine to the Bahamas, they encounter a hurricane, savage predators, deadly skyscrapers, and an unexpected blizzard. Happily, they enjoy glorious nights flying under the great bird constellations-Cygnus the Swan, Aquila the Eagle, and other "star sisters." Most important, each bird learns to step up for the one she cares about.The scientific background includes the latest research on how birds navigate using landmarks, constellations, wind currents, the sun's track, the earth's magnetic field, internal compasses, and even smell. Shipping may be from multiple locations in the US or from the UK, depending on stock availability.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Fly For Your Life (Paperback)
• Publisher: BookBaby
• Publication Date: 2025
• Language: English
• ISBN 13: 9798317800192
• Binding: Paperback
• Condition: new

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Synopsis

A bold, braggy Osprey and a cautious, timid Great Blue Heron, both young, become such good friends they're calling themselves "sky sisters" by the end of the most dangerous journey of their lives. Migrating the Atlantic Flyway from Maine to the Bahamas, they encounter a surprise hurricane, savage predators, deadly skyscrapers, and an unexpected blizzard. Most important, each bird learns to step up for her friend.<br><br>AUTHOR Eugene Pool is an IPPY award-winning children's author with four other books for young readers. He and his family spend summers on an island in Maine, where both a Heron and an Osprey live near their home.<br><br>ARTIST Stephen Costanza is the acclaimed author and illustrator of numerous picture books, including <i>King of Ragtime: The Story of Scott Joplin</i>, which won a Golden Kite Award, received three starred reviews, and was selected for the Society of Illustrators Original Art Exhibit. He lives in North Haven, Maine.

About the Author

EUGENE POOL's experiences as a lifelong birder include visits to the secret burrows of storm petrels on Matinicus Rock in Maine; the winter grounds of whooping cranes in Aransas, Texas; and the vast seabird colonies on the cliffs of Ramsey Island, England. He spends most summers at Pulpit Harbor, where Fly for Your Life opens.
Pool has published several books for young readers, including The Captain of Battery Park, The Ocelot Secret, The Art of Fairy Tales, and the IPPY award-winning Heroic Women of the Art World. For adults he wrote The 100-Year Secret, on a Holocaust cover-up. Other writing has appeared in The Boston Globe, The Christian Science Monitor, The Colby College Library Journal, and other media.
After graduating from Harvard, Pool taught art history and English at two of the nation's top private schools, Buckingham Browne & Nichols in Cambridge, MA and Winsor in Boston. At the first he was honored with the Thurgood Marshall award for his "ability to connect with diverse audiences." At the second he received the Outstanding Teacher award. (Lisa Cohen photo)