right?īut when she finds herself in an element of very real danger, she realizes she has an inner strength she did not realize- and that there was someone there to protect her all along. Things take a slightly darker turn when she starts to fear she might be turning INTO a bird, but she can't very well tell her brother and Aunt. She finds an ad in the back of an old comic book, and sends away for mail order wings, hardly thinking they might actually work!īut, when they DO, her delight is dampened by the fact that she cannot take them OFF, and must adjust her clothing to hide them. Andrea's always been a dreamer, something she often gets teased for, but her one big dream has been to fly like a bird. If you own this book, you can mail it to our address below.

(I always felt that 'dumbing things down' only insults kids, who are plenty intelligent enough to 'get it' and appreciate it.Īndrea and her older brother, Jim, are stuck at home- babysat by their eccentric Aunt Bets, while their parents are on vacation. The subtleties and realistic reactions made it far less one-dimensional than a lot of books aimed towards the younger set, which I know that I appreciated. An edition of Mail-Order Wings (1981) Mail-order wings 1st ed. (I admit I still enjoy this story today, and I'm a mom), but I first discovered it when I was a young girl.

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