title: Wings: A novel
author:  Bill Brittain 
description: Grade 5-7-- A whiny, self-indulgent seventh-grader grows a set of wings and is talked into having them cut off in this decidedly disappointing story from the author of the Coven Tree tales. When Ian sprouts batlike wings he, his mother, his older sister, and his father, who is running for Mayor, look upon them as an unmitigated disaster. Complaining constantly and bitterly that Dad and Diane get all the attention, and that no one cares how he feels now that he's a freak, Ian returns to school and hooks up with classmate Anita, who has odd taste in clothes, an independent spirit, and six fingers on one hand. Anita and her equally independent mother take Ian in, away from reporters; on a hill near their home he discovers that he can fly. He glories in the experience--but when his father explains why his candidacy is important, and his mother tells him of Diane's sickly start in life, and he figures out that Anita will stick by him, Ian bows to pressure, and optsto have the wings surgically removed. He is a weepy, fretful character without redeeming qualities, suffering poorly thought-out physiological changes to make him a flier (alar musculature is commonly dorsal rather than ventral). More importantly, in treating Ian's physical difference as a liability rather than a gift, Brittain sends an unsympathetic message to readers struggling to cope with differences of their own. --John Peters, New York Public Library<br />Copyright 1991 Reed Business Information, Inc.
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  The Queen's Wings
  The Emerging Queens, Volume 1
  Jamie K. Schmidt
  Published by Jamie K. Schmidt, 2018.
  
  This is a work of fiction. Similarities to real people, places, or events are entirely coincidental.
  THE QUEEN'S WINGS
  First edition. June 19, 2018.
  Copyright © 2018 Jamie K. Schmidt.
  Written by Jamie K. Schmidt.
  
  Table of Contents
  Title Page
  Title Page
  Copyright Page
  Chapter One
  Chapter Two
  Chapter Three
  Chapter Four
  Chapter Five
  Chapter Six
  Chapter Seven
  Chapter Eight
  Chapter Nine
  Chapter Ten
  Chapter Eleven
  Chapter Twelve
  Chapter Thirteen
  Chapter Fourteen
  Chapter Fifteen
  Chapter Sixteen
  Chapter Sevente