The Wall and the Wing by Laura Ruby
In one vast and sparkling city, everyone can fly. Almost everyone. A few, nicknamed leadfeet, are sentenced by a trick of nature or fate to forever spend their lives closer to the ground. But one night, a girl named Gurl - a leadfoot, an orphan, a nobody - discovers that she can do something much better than fly. She can become invisible. This amazing power will help her uncover the secret mysteries of the city. But even with her newfound talent, Gurl can't seem to hide from a giant rat man with a taste for cats, a manipulative matron with a penchant for plastic surgery, and a belligerent boy named Bug. Gradually Gurl learns to control her power and teams up with Bug to figure out who and what she is. Their quest will take them on a wild ride through this magical city, where they'll confront chatty birds and mind-bending monkeys, an eccentric genius with a head full of grass and a pocket full of kittens, and the handsome but lethal Sweetcheeks Grabowski - the gangster who holds the key to Gurl's past . . . and the world's future.
Ruby, Laura: - Laura Ruby is the editor of Mo'ili'ili-The Life of a Community, the 2008 recipient of the Hawaii Individual Artist Fellowship (the highest honor in the visual arts), and the creator of Site of Passage-Chinatown, a large, commissioned, site-specific sculpture. She has taught art at the University of Hawaii since 1977. Ross W. Stephenson is the historian at the Hawaii State Historic Preservation Division of the Department of Land and Natural Resources, and he is the keeper of the Hawaii Register of Historic Places. He holds both a doctorate and master's degree in urban planning, focusing on the developmental history of Honolulu.
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| ISBN 13 | 9780060752576 |
| ISBN 10 | 0060752572 |
| Title | The Wall and the Wing |
| Author | Laura Ruby |
| Condition | Unavailable |
| Binding Type | Paperback |
| Publisher | Eos |
| Year published | 2007-05-22 |
| Number of pages | 327 |
| Cover note | Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary. |
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