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The Blue Wings

by Jef Aerts

Narrator Jackie Meloche

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Translator Laura Watkinson

Length 3 hours 34 minutes

Language English

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Summary
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Jadran is five years older than Josh and huge enough to be nicknamed Giant. Josh is younger and smaller, but his sweet and stubborn brother thinks in a way that would be more typical of a small child. They are both dealing with changes to their newly blended, Muslim family. So Josh looks after Jadran and they both adjust. When the brothers find an injured young crane, Jadran wants to bring it back to their small apartment and teach it to fly at any cost. And it turns out the cost is high.Intensely moving without ever slipping into sentimentality, The Blue Wings is a warm, love-filled story about fragility, strength, and brotherhood, in all its complications.

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Jef Aerts is a talented author who grew up in a wooded village in Belgium. The recipient of the Book Lion Prize for his first picture book, Bigger Than a Dream, he currently resides with his wife and three children on a small farm.

Jackie Meloche is an experienced audiobook narrator who received his degrees in theatre and media & information from Michigan State University. For the past several years, he has been heavily involved in the Michigan theatre scene, both on and off stage. Outside of the theatre, he is a local musician and enjoys watching cartoons. He currently resides in Chelsea, Michigan.

Laura Watkinson is a British literary translator who studied languages at St. Anne's College in Oxford. She has taught at the University of Erlangen-Nuremberg and the University of Milan.