The Flyers

by Beth Turley (Author)

Reading Level: 4th − 5th Grade
Four seventh-grade girls meet in the big city and learn to embrace new experiences while keeping the best parts of home with them in this sweet middle grade novel—from the author of The Last Tree Town and If This Were a Story.

With the arrival of a glossy, cream-colored envelope in the mail, Elena Martinez's dreams come true: she's been chosen for the Spread Your Wings Magazine's Young Flyers program--a week-long summer internship where she'll get to learn the ins and outs of working for the most popular teen magazine. She heads to New York City, anxious to get away from her best friend, Summer, who is suddenly spending so much time with another girl from school and being so secretive about it. Once there Elena meets her fellow Young Flyers: Harlow, who can get to the bottom of any story, Whitney, who has spot-on fashion sense, and Cailin, a social media star with thousands of followers and an eye for photography. As the four new friends explore the city that never sleeps, each girl brings a piece of home, and a few secrets, with them and learns that no one's life is as glossy as it may appear. But with courage, teamwork, and lots of passion, there's no stopping a Flyer.
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A short, sweet tale of expanding horizons, nurturing friendships, and pursuing passions.

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Beth Turley
Beth Turley is a graduate of the MFA in creative and professional writing program at Western Connecticut State University. She lives and writes in southeastern Connecticut, where the leaves changing color feels like magic and the water is never too far away. She is the author of If This Were a Story, The Last Tree Town, The Flyers, and This Close to Home. Visit her on Twitter @Beth_Turley.
Classification
Fiction
ISBN-13
9781534476721
Lexile Measure
720
Guided Reading Level
-
Publisher
Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers
Publication date
August 31, 2021
Series
-
BISAC categories
JUV039060 - Juvenile Fiction | Social Themes | Friendship
JUV039030 - Juvenile Fiction | Social Themes | Death & Dying
JUV039090 - Juvenile Fiction | Social Themes | New Experience
JUV013070 - Juvenile Fiction | Family | Siblings
Library of Congress categories
Friendship
New York (N.Y.)
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