The Boy with Paper Wings

Author's Bio:

Susan Lowell lives in Tucson, Arizona. She is the winner of the Mountains & Plains Booksellers Awards for children's books, the Hungry Mind Review Children's Book of Distinction Awards, and the Arizona Children's Author Award. Her previous children's books include I Am Lavina Cumming (Milkweed, 1993) and The Three Little Javelinas (Northland Press, 1992).

Quotes:

“Paper airplane fans of any age will enjoy this book.” —Book Report

“Young readers will be delighted with the fantastical adventures and creatures and its battle between good and evil.”—World News Features

“The story reads smoothly, and the fast paced plot holds together well. Paul is an interesting and lively character who has to come to terms with some weighty moral and philosophical questions.”—Kliatt

“Kron and the evil Braindrainers are taking over, and it's up to 11-year-old Paul and his paper airplanes and creatures to save the planet. . . . In her novel for young readers, Lowell combines narrative, math, and origami in a fanciful tale that is fun and mostly believable.”—Princeton Alumni Weekly

“To amuse himself while sick in bed, Paul, 11, pulls out his box of craft supplies and makes a paper airplane. He imagines himself as the pilot . . . The plane lands on a military diorama in his closet, and . . . the scene comes to life. . . . Paul is a realistic, likable hero, and . . . paper airplane fans may enjoy the story's unusual theme.”—School Library Journal