Flying Solo

by Ralph Fletcher

Book Overview

When the substitute for Mr. Fab Fabiano never shows up and his sixth-grade students are on their own, they set out to prove that they can run the class by themselves. With a little ingenuity and some careful planning, they might just succeed. But when a fight breaks out between Bastian Fauvell and Rachel White over a classmate, Tommy Feathers, who died six months earlier, everything begins to fall apart. Can Rachel deal with the anxieties that...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0547076525
• ISBN13: 9780547076522
• Release Date: November 2008
• Publisher: Clarion Books
• Length: 144 Pages
• Weight: 0.34 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.4" x 5.6" x 7.8"
• Age Range: 10 to 12 years
• Grade Range: Grades 5 to 7

Customer Reviews

I can't wait to read this!!!!!😀

Can they go solo................or will the crash?

This story is about a Teacher, Mr. Fabiano. He is planning a vaction. When the subsitute calls in and say's she sick, the people in the school forget. So, Mr.Fabs class is left alone. It was Bastains, the brat, last day at the school, so they did a rock ritual. They got stones and said something good about him. When it was Rachel Whites turn, because, when Tommy Feather's died she never talked anymore, she wrote down things that said how Bastain was mean to Tommy. This is a great book. The one thing I abseoultetley love so much is that this could really happen. Not one of those book's that is so fake not even the chareceter's could be real. This story is great and it is a fun story, figuring out if the class will go steady for one day, but then, sad, bacause the only person is Rachel who remembers that it was Tommy Feathers 6 month anniversery for his death. This book is for everybody!!!

If you like excitement with deep emotions, read this book!!!

Flying solo is a great book. I found out about it in the book Fig Pudding, and I thought the excerpt was good. My best friend and I fought over the book in Library, even though I found it first, but I came over his house later that day and I borrowed it, and I spent all night reading it. What happens in the story is a girl named Rachel White decides to remain silent, and she hasn't talked for six months. One day, The teacher, Mr (Fab)iano, planned a vacation, and the substitute is sick, leaving Mr. Fabiano's class teacher-less. The class decides to run the class themselves, and I'm sure anyone would like to party when there is no teacher, but with Karen Ballard around, the natural-born leader, the class is doing their own work. Things go pretty well in the class until Bastian Fauvell, air-force brat's rock ritual, with deep emotions from Rachel White about Tommy Feathers, the boy who died exactly six months ago. I loved this book because it is very exciting with a sad touch to it. This is a great book. But I have read one other Ralph Fletcher book, Fig Pudding, and in both of these someone dies. I don't like it that much, But it can actually spice up the whole story. Flying Solo is sort of based on the death of Tommy Feathers unless the book wouldn't be as good. I much prefer this over Fig Pudding, but that's just me. If you like excitement with deep emotions, read this book!!!

Adults not needed

I think this book was a fascinating read. It talked about how students were able to behaive properly without a teacher watching them and constantly telling them what they should and should not be doing. I beleive it was very mature of the children to complete all the work Mr. Fabiano left for the substitude. So if you like reading books were kids do their own thing then this book is for you.

A Great Book

Flying Solo was a great book. It told about what a good class would do if there was no teacher. I remember sitting in the class room waiting for the teacher to come. I guess it means a substitute is going to come. In Flying Solo no substitute came to Mr. Fabinos sixth grade class, so the students took over the class and didn't have a party. The whole class cooperated and got the school work done. I enjoyed reading Flying Solo. I hope you will enjoy it too.

ONE OF THE BEST BOOKS EVER WRITTEN!

Flying Solo made be cry so many times it's not even funny. The heart-warming story of selective mute Rachel White, Sarcastic puppy-loving Bastian Fauvell, shy drunken-fathered Sean O'Day, and future cheif justice of supreme court Jessica Cooke, will guarantee to change your life. The story is about a very non-typical April 28, the sixth month anniversery of the death of Tommy Feathers a kid who had a huge crush on Rachel, where Mr. "Fab" Fabiano's class is left without a teacher. This day is narrated by Rachel as she goes through a day like no other. A day where "Kids Rule!"