White Fur Flying

Brief Description: A sad and silent nine-year-old boy finds his voice when he moves next to a family that rescues dogs. Review Quotes: "MacLachlan delivers yet another understated, quietly inspirational chapter book with this tale.... This is tailor-made for beginning readers looking for a gentle handling of powerfully felt emotions."Review Quotes: * "Beautifully told, quietly moving and completely satisfying."Review Quotes: "MacLachlan crafts an elegantly spare novel about the healing power of dogs and love.... A graceful and quiet narrative with keen observations on how time and affection can remedy pain."Review Quotes: "MacLachlan shares with young audiences a touching story of compassion, trust, and patience. She weaves the themes of family and friendship throughout the narrative, peppering her well-paced plot with sufficient tension and avoiding an overdramatization of its climax. Like many of the author's best stories, this one is told simply and gently with touches of light humor. The clear prose, combined with the brevity of the narrative, make the book an ideal selection for young readers, reluctant readers, and animal lovers everywhere. Children will feel satisfied as they discover that both dogs and boys can be rescued, and many will be pleasantly surprised that they can also rescue one another."Publisher Marketing: A young boy tries to find his voice with the help of some four-legged friends in this "elegantly spare novel about the healing power of dogs and love" ("Publishers Weekly"), from the Newbery-winning author of "Sarah, Plain and Tall." Zoe's family rescues dogs in need. There is always the sweet smell of dog and a warm body looking to cuddle or play. There is always a new dog to be saved, and loved. Fur flies everywhere. It covers everything. Zoe's house is never silent. The house across the street is always silent these days. A new family has moved in and Phillip, the boy, has stopped speaking. He doesn't even want to try. Saving dogs and saving boys may be different jobs, but Zoe learns that some parts are the same. Both take attention and care. They take understanding and time. And maybe just a bit of white fur flying. From Newbery Medalist Patricia MacLachlan, "White Fur Flying "is an endearing tale of companionship and hope that is "beautifully told, quietly moving, and completely satisfying" ("Kirkus Reviews"). Review Citations:

Booklist 12/01/2012 pg. 68 (EAN 9781442421714, Hardcover)

Publishers Weekly 01/07/2013 pg. 61 (EAN 9781442421714, Hardcover)

Kirkus Reviews 01/15/2013 (EAN 9781442421714, Hardcover) - *Starred Review

School Library Journal 03/01/2013 pg. 120 (EAN 9781442421714, Hardcover)

Hornbook Guide to Children 07/01/2013 pg. 60 (EAN 9781442421714, Hardcover)

Contributor Bio:  MacLachlan, Patricia Patricia MacLachlan is the celebrated author of many timeless books for young readers, including Sarah, Plain and Tall, winner of the Newbery Medal. Her novels for young readers include Arthur, For the Very First Time; The Facts and Fictions of Minna Pratt; Skylark; Caleb's Story; More Perfect Than the Moon; Grandfather's Dance; Word After Word After Word; Kindred Souls; and The Truth of Me. She is also the author of many much-loved picture books, including Three Names; All the Places to Love; What You Know First; Painting the Wind; Bittle; Who Loves Me?; Once I Ate a Pie; I Didn't Do It; Before You Came; and Cat Talk, several of which she cowrote with her daughter, Emily. She lives with her husband and two border terriers in Williamsburg, Massachusetts.