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bookgirl4ever's review against another edition
4.0
Rudy Soto was born yearning to fly. He watches the hawks fly over the land and awaits that day that he too will fly (for despite that everyone tells him that people don't fly, Rudy is determined that one day he will). One day, Rudy spies a baby hawk in a nest and takes it home. That hawk is not happy living in capitivity, unable to fly and be free. But Rudy holds out until the end of summer, thinking that the hawk will change its mind. Hawk doesn't so Rudy does what he knows in his heart is right: he sets Hawk free. Yet, during the time Rudy and Hawk have spent together they form a bond that transcends the distance between them. Rudy is changed by this bond and vicariously flies through his brother Hawk.
Simple ink drawings convey this deep, coming of age story.
K-2.
Simple ink drawings convey this deep, coming of age story.
K-2.
mjfmjfmjf's review against another edition
3.0
Caldecott Honor picture book. A bit more words than typical. Boy feels affinity for birds so steals a young hawk out of nest. It could have ended up much worse, and probably should have. Text more like poetry but still typical. Relatively simple but beautiful art.
calistareads's review against another edition
4.0
I’ve become such a fan of Byrd Baylor’s art. Fantastic! This is a poem with minimal black and white sketches to tell a story about a love for flying. Rudy loves the sky and birds and from the time he can speak he asked everyone when he got to learn to fly. He longed for the sky.
One day, he stole a baby hawk from a nest and raised the hawk. It longed for the sky too. After the summer, he freed the bird and he had a connection with it then and he got to fly through the bird.
It’s a lovely story, really. It’s about native people’s and it looks like a desert area of the southwest. There are always different ways of doing something.
The niece thought this was a lovely story. She loved some of the language. She also thought the boy was brave and kind. She gave this 4 stars. The nephew thought having a hawk would be really cool too. He enjoyed the story also. He gave this 3 stars.
One day, he stole a baby hawk from a nest and raised the hawk. It longed for the sky too. After the summer, he freed the bird and he had a connection with it then and he got to fly through the bird.
It’s a lovely story, really. It’s about native people’s and it looks like a desert area of the southwest. There are always different ways of doing something.
The niece thought this was a lovely story. She loved some of the language. She also thought the boy was brave and kind. She gave this 4 stars. The nephew thought having a hawk would be really cool too. He enjoyed the story also. He gave this 3 stars.
luann's review
2.0
I like the sketches, but I think they could be much better with some color. I can see that Parnall is using the lack of color to make a statement about the setting, but I've been in similar settings and the colors are amazing. I especially missed color on the pages that talked about the sky. Also, why does this boy think it is okay to capture a wild hawk and keep it penned up?
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