Jon Jeffers is the loneliest nine-year-old on earth. It's 1935, and he's stuck on a tiny rocky island off the coast of San Francisco with his mother and his lighthouse-keeper father. Jon longs for something more. If only he had a way to escape this forsaken pile of rocks, he could have some real adventures.

Then one morning the irritable ghost of an ancient magician appears on the beach and offers--amazingly--to teach Jon to fly. Jon agrees, and at first flying seems to be the answer to his wildest dreams. But then he flies into some serious trouble. . . .

From the acclaimed author of The Cay, here is a sweet, funny, and outrageous tale of a boy who gets his dearest wish--and then wishes he hadn't.

Binding Type: Paperback
Publisher: Houghton Mifflin
Published: 05/01/2004
ISBN: 9780152047672
Pages: 153
Weight: 0.40lbs
Size: 7.90h x 5.00w x 0.50d
Accelerated Reader Quiz #/Name: 59390 / Boy Who Could Fly Without a Motor
Reading Level: 5.6 / Interest Level: Middle Grade / Point Value: 2