intermediate level
Genre Science Fiction: The book text allows the reader to envision the scientific possibility to fly.
Illustrations The book cover style provides a dark, gloomy, and mysterious mood. The characters on the cover portray an imaginative world where people can fly and escape danger.
The book setting at first a country life setting in 1860's and later tuns into a X-men superhero setting. The main character is a girl named Piper who has the ability to fly. When others find out about her gift she is sent to I.N.S.A.N.E. a school with other children who also have usual gifts. Here she is faced with trials of choosing right from wrong.
Reader Response Questions
What distinguishes science fiction from other genres?
What elements does science fiction have in common with other genres?
Connection Activities
Have students read a small portion of the book and ask to students to write a prediction of the book.
Another activity to have group discussion on the chapters and the theme of the book. If students don't agree the teacher could prompt questions to lead further discussion.
Personal Response Science Fiction is not a genre that interest me very much. I enjoyed the book due to the combination of setting. It made the book more appealing to me.
References
Forester, V. (2010). The girl who could fly. New York, NY: Scholastic.
Galda, L., Cullinan, B. E., & Sipe, L. R. (2010). Literature and the child. Belmont, CA: Wadsworth/Cengage Learning.
The Girl Who Could Fly [Digital image]. (n.d.). Retrieved from https://sidbookreviews.wordpress.com/2014/09/28/the-girl-who-could-fly/
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