Title: The fifteenth Pelican
Description: This was the novel upon which the 1960s TV comedy series The Flying Nun, starring Sally Fields, was based. The story was set in a convent in San Juan, Puerto Rico.
Subjects: Juvenile fiction, Nuns
Places: San Juan, Puerto Rico, the Caribbean
People: The main character is a young novice whose light weight and winged headdress enables her to fly in the strong winds of Puerto Rico. The story flows from the adventures these unusual traits lead her into.
Time periods: The story is set in the same era, the mid-sixties, that it was written.