num_pages: 96
description: Gabbys world is filled with daydreams. However what began as an escape from her parents arguments has now taken over her life. But with the help of a new teacher Gabby the dreamer might just become Gabby the writer and words that carried her away might allow her to soar. Written in vivid accessible poems this remarkable verse novel is a celebration of imagination of friendship of one girls indomitable spirit and of a teachers ability to reach out and change a life.Nikki Grimes has been awarded a Coretta Scott King Author Honor Award. Words with Wings has been named a 2014 ALSC Notable Children's Book in the middle readers category.
language: English
title: Words with Wings
publisher: WordSong