Fly Me Home

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Touching on an important and unusual theme - human rights activists outside the western world, and how such people often risk everything for standing up for what they believe in, also exploring how hard it can be to live at the margins of society, where just holding down a job, because of everything else that is going on in people's lives, is considerable achievement. When her mum takes on a job working nights and her brother starts sneaking out of the house, Leelu begins to feel even more isolated. Year 6 have really got their teeth stuck in as they explore Leelu’s journey on meeting new friends and the fears faced with starting a new school away from her home.

This is a 15-session Literary Leaf for Fly Me Home by Polly Ho-Yen which covers all aspects of the content domains for Upper Key Stage 2. Albania, Algeria, American Samoa, Andorra, Angola, Anguilla, Antigua and Barbuda, Argentina, Armenia, Aruba, Australia, Bahamas, Bahrain, Bangladesh, Barbados, Belgium, Belize, Benin, Bermuda, Bhutan, Bolivia, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Botswana, Brazil, British Virgin Islands, Brunei Darussalam, Bulgaria, Burkina Faso, Burundi, Cambodia, Cameroon, Canada, Cape Verde Islands, Cayman Islands, Central African Republic, Chad, Chile, China, Colombia, Comoros, Cook Islands, Costa Rica, Cyprus, Czech Republic, Côte d'Ivoire (Ivory Coast), Democratic Republic of the Congo, Denmark, Djibouti, Dominica, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, Egypt, El Salvador, Equatorial Guinea, Eritrea, Estonia, Ethiopia, European Union, Falkland Islands (Islas Malvinas), Finland, France, French Guiana, French Polynesia, Gabon Republic, Gambia, Ghana, Gibraltar, Greece, Greenland, Grenada, Guadeloupe, Guam, Guatemala, Guernsey, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Guyana, Haiti, Honduras, Hong Kong, Hungary, Iceland, India, Indonesia, Iraq, Ireland, Israel, Italy, Jamaica, Japan, Jersey, Jordan, Kenya, Kiribati, Kuwait, Kyrgyzstan, Laos, Latvia, Lebanon, Lesotho, Liberia, Liechtenstein, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Macau, Macedonia, Madagascar, Malawi, Malaysia, Maldives, Mali, Malta, Marshall Islands, Martinique, Mauritania, Mauritius, Mayotte, Mexico, Micronesia, Moldova, Monaco, Mongolia, Montenegro, Montserrat, Morocco, Namibia, Nepal, Netherlands, Netherlands Antilles, New Zealand, Nicaragua, Niger, Niue, Norway, Oman, Pakistan, Palau, Panama, Papua New Guinea, Paraguay, Peru, Philippines, Poland, Portugal, Puerto Rico, Qatar, Republic of Croatia, Republic of the Congo, Reunion, Romania, Saint Helena, Saint Kitts-Nevis, Saint Lucia, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, San Marino, Saudi Arabia, Senegal, Serbia, Sierra Leone, Singapore, Slovakia, Slovenia, Solomon Islands, South Africa, South Korea, Spain, Sri Lanka, Suriname, Svalbard and Jan Mayen, Swaziland, Sweden, Switzerland, Taiwan, Tajikistan, Tanzania, Thailand, Togo, Tonga, Trinidad and Tobago, Tunisia, Turkey, Turkmenistan, Turks and Caicos Islands, Tuvalu, Uganda, Ukraine, United Arab Emirates, United Kingdom, United States, Uruguay, Uzbekistan, Vanuatu, Vatican City State, Venezuela, Virgin Islands (U. The touch of magical realism was fun but I felt a little uncomfortable about her friendship with Bo - the old man neighbour.Her first novel, Boy in the Tower, published in July 2014 by Random House Children's Publishers, was nominated for the Carnegie Medal and shortlisted for the Blue Peter Book Award and the Waterstones Children’s Book Prize. This is the story of Leelu, who comes to London from a country far away and has to learn how to live there. Particularly the scenes in school where she felt out of place and scared were incredibly well written.

Through the help of her friend Betsy, her growing relationship with her brother Tiber, and the 'wonders' that are left by Bo, she grows.I find Polly's writing very easy to read and that is why I will go out of my way to read her other work.

I particularly liked certain scenes - Leelu's first day at school for example, a scene that will hit home with any young person whose experienced a new school. Polly Ho-Yen is just amazing at creating characters who wriggle their way into your heart and under your skin, making you care about their relationships and what will happen to them. As she struggles through school life, making friends, fitting in and being accepted in a new country, these ‘wonders’ may just give her the power she needs to ‘find her way ‘home’. Her second novel Where Monsters Lie was published in 2016 and her third novel, Fly Me Home, was published in 2017. Children begin by forming plot predictions based on the front cover before looking at specific vocabulary in context.The magic hidden inside natural objects gives her something to hold onto and creates a sense of wonder which contrasts with the grey, bleakness of their new home. Contemporary But with an air of magic or mystery that softened Leelus experiences for the younger reader.

This book starts with Leelu having to leave her father behind, while she journeys to foreign lands with her mother and brother. Throw in some magic and some issues with an older brother finding his own difficult way through the upheaval and you have a very satisfying, thoughtful read for 9-12 year olds.Once Carl had recovered from his operation, he complained to the insurer about its handling of the matter. Fly Me Home is an incredibly moving portrait of one family s struggle to adjust to life in a new country. It would be interesting to get a class , and adults to identify the key themes underlying the story. If you haven`t discovered Polly Ho-Yen`s lyrical, magical and utterly unique novels yet I can`t recommend them enough.