Came Back To Show You I Could Fly
Robin Klein, Simmone Howell

Came Back To Show You I Could Fly
Robin Klein, Simmone Howell
Came Back to Show You I Could Fly won a Human Rights Award for Literature in 1989. It also won the 1990 Australian Children’s Book of the Year Award, Older Readers, and was shortlisted for the 1990 Victorian Premier’s Literary Award and the 1990 NSW Premier’s Literary Award, as well as named a White Raven book at the 1990 Bologna Children’s Book Fair. Say A Little Prayer, the film version, was released in 1993.
Review
by Amanda Rayner
Winner of the CBCA Children’s Book of the Year (older readers) in 1990 and the Human Rights Award for a children’s book in 1989, Came Back to Show You I Could Fly has deservedly been reissued as a Text Classic this month. Robin Klein was a significant part of my childhood reading experience and ties with Roald Dahl as my most re-read children’s author.
Came Back to Show You I Could Fly charts the friendship between 11-year-old, overprotected and isolated Seymour and 20-year-old Angie. Angie is a breath of fresh air to Seymour with her wild hair, bright earrings and crazy outfits, but underneath her bravado and grand plans is a reality that is threatening to catch up with her. This groundbreaking YA novel still packs an emotional punch over 25 years later, deftly addressing themes such as addiction, pregnancy and divorce. Most significantly, it is a story about the importance of honesty, both in relation to others and to ourselves.
Amanda Rayner works as a bookseller at Readings Carlton.
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