It’s doughnut day!
(In my house anyway…. lol)
This is our current read this month over at the ‘Authors Needing Reviews‘ Goodreads Book Club, if you’d like to join us with this read-along.
Join the group discussion for this book here. So, now, onto the Friday Feature!
TALON, COME FLY WITH ME
By #author GIGI SEDLMAYER
BOOK BEGINNINGS
With Gilion Dumas of RoseCityReader @GilionDumas
FRIDAY56 (Instagram Post)
With Fredasvoice @fredalicious and on Instagram as @fredasphotos #Friday56
Hopefully, above, you can actually see my Instagram pictures!
Just in case you can’t see beyond the first photo, here’s the Friday 56 sentence below:
MY FIRST THOUGHTS
“Talon, Come Fly With Me” is a sweet book, for children, although I’m sure adults would love this, too. This is just the sort of book I would have loved to have read with my son when he was younger. On the surface this is a story about a nine year old girl called Matica, living among the mountains of Peru with two condors she’s claimed as her own. But in fact it’s much more than that. The author, Gigi Sedlmayer, delves into more serious issues in a way which is suitable for children to read and understand. For example, she touches upon what it’s like to be a child with a disability, not fitting in, and feeling socially inadequate. She also covers subjects of which I sense are very close to her own heart, the protection of condors, habitat loss, and their possible extinction if poachers carry on the way they are.
Interested? Find out more below, and join our March GR Book Club read!
Talon, Come Fly with Me
by Gigi Sedlmayer
Nine year old Matica lives in a remote village on a dry plateau in the Andes of Peru. She moved to Peru when she was five with Australian missionary and schoolteacher parents. Because Matica is trapped in the body of a two year old, her growth handicap has caused her to be rejected by the local people and they would not accept her into their community or allow her to play with the children.
With patience and a sense of adventure Matica befriends a pair of condors. A strong bond and love develops between them.
Matica rescues the egg the condors, Tamo and Tima, are trying to protect from poachers and nurtures it to hatching. The egg hatches on her 10th birthday and she names the new fledging Talon.
Many adventures unfold, including her finally being accepted into the local community. And something totally unexpected…
This is the beginning of many incredible adventures with Talon and Matica. It is a story of hope, determination and love.
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Have a great weekend, may your books be with you!
Luv Sassy X
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Oh, this sounds lovely and something I would have loved as a young girl. You hooked me with these excerpts.
My Friday 56 from Witch Creek
You got me so focused on doughnuts that I could barely focus on the book! Now I need a doughnut. It should always be doughnut day. Once I got past that I do like the sound of the book. I love middle grade and I’m pretty sure I’ve never read a book set in Peru. I think my son would enjoy this too.
Peru and condors? I want to read it!
You usually visit me at It’s a Mystery blog, but I also review picture books and middle grade at Wrapped in Foil blog. http://blog.wrappedinfoil.com/
I want a doughnut too! It has been too long since I had one…LOL.
What a cute book! Thanks for sharing…and for visiting my blog.
Doesn’t sound like my kind of book. I’m spotlighting Lake Silence by Anne Bishop – her latest set in the world of The Others. Happy reading!
I’m intrigued by this book. What kind of egg is it? Happy weekend!
I wish that I had picked up doughnuts when I was out! My heart is breaking for the little girl in that beginning. I hope that this is one you enjoy. 🙂
This one looks interesting.
This sounds like a lovely story. Hope you have a great weekend! 🙂
This definitely sounds intriguing, although maybe a little too “real” for me as a child (I was more into fantasy and magic). Thanks for sharing. And I would LOVE a doughnut right now – haven’t had one in years!
Ahhh..this sounds like such a sweet read! I love that little girl already <3 Thanks for sharing Sassy. Hope you have an awesome weekend 🙂
Jo-Ann at Inspiration PIe
Glad you’re enjoying your read. Happy Hopping!
Oh yeah, every once in a while I come across a book that I wish I could have shared with the niece or nephews, but now they’ve already outgrown them. Also, did you say doughnut?
Yep, doughnuts!! 😉
I’m planning on sharing these with younger members of my family when they’re old enough! Even to read to them, would be great!
I’m sure children who love nature and animals would love this book and it’s great it has important messages too!
Ronnie @ Paradise Found
So right!
We had doughnuts on Saturday. 🙂 Talon, Come Fly With Me sounds like a sweet book. I wouldn’t mind sharing it with my daughter. Thank you for sharing!
That’s fabulous news! (About the doughnuts and Talon! lol)