Are You Flying Charlie Duncan Author:Elizabeth Lee O'Donnell, Karen Milone Charlie Duncan has always been a little different - he talks to balloons! Not every balloon, of course, but the special ones, balloons that nobody else seems to hear. — Being different doesn't bother Charlie until a fifth-grade bully tries to keep him off the soccer team. Then even Charlie notices he doesn't have many friends. That's when he make... more »s an amazing discovery about himself, one that gives him more in common with balloons than he ever dreamed possible. And when Charlie's troubles get even bigger, off he flies in search of the special balloon he calls Green. Charlie hopes that Green can help him discover where he really belongs.
In Elizabeth Lee O'Donnell's first novel, perfect for readers who enjoy a skillfull blending of reality and fantasy, Charlie learns that he can best rise above his troubles by facing them - a wisdom that some humans and some balloons surely share.« less