Fly Away Home Book Report

Boelts, M. (2007). Those shoes. Cambridge, MA: Candlewick Press. Jeremy really wants a pair of shoes that everyone in school is wearing. Those shoes are black high tops, with white stripes on the side. Even though Jeremy really wants those show his grandma says they don’t have the money for "want," just "need," when his old shoes fall apart at school, he becomes more determined than ever to have those shoes. His shoes fall apart and he has to go to the guidance counselor 's office to pick new ones from a bin, he was very embarrassed and disappointed. He finds a pair of the shoes that everyone has in a thrift store, but when he tries them on they were way to small. He buys them with his own money although they are really too small for him and they blister his feet. He

(1991). Fly away home. New York: Clarion Books. This book is about a homeless boy who lives in an airport with his father. They are constantly moving from terminal to terminal trying not to be noticed. The reason they don’t want to be noticed is because they didn’t want to be asked to leave the airport, which is their home. In order not to be noticed, both the son and the father wear blue to mix in with travelers. At the end of the story the young boy is given hope when a bird becomes trapped in the airport. At the end of the story the bird finally finds its freedom, and that gives the young boy hope that one day him and his father would be able to as well. This is a different kind of story about being homeless or having a different living situation. The story focuses around the little boy and his father along with the others that are living in the airport. I find this story to be very powerful, through out the story we see both the father and the son working hard in order to create a better life for themselves by trying to save money in order to be able to live in an apartment one day. This book is told from the perspective of the young boy, which makes more relatable to