takeoffsandlandings

__Takeoffs and Landings__ by Margaret Peterson Haddix ISBN: 0689832990 ©2001 201 pages R.L.- 4.9 Points- 6

p. 4—where Lori says her and her mother do not really talk bottom of p. 5 and top of p. 6 where Lori explains Chuck p. 19—where Chuck is on the plane and feels like his own mother doesn’t want to be near him.
 * Good sections to read aloud:**

The book alternates chapters titled “Lori” and “Chuck,” a brother and sister who are traveling with their mother for the first time while she gives inspirational speeches. Lori doesn’t like Chuck, or her mother. Chuck is a withdrawn boy who feels as though he is worthless. Their mother hopes that this trip to several large cities will help bring the three of them closer, but from city to city, it only draws them further apart. Can they all deal with the issues they face individually to come together as a family?
 * Summary:**

YA fiction—teen issues; mothers; brothers and sisters; travel; farm life; Ohio

©Jennifer Lang - WDMS - 2004