Man from the Sky

By Avi

Book Overview

A contemporary story about a lonely boy who suffers the pain and humiliation of dyslexia. He's the only witness to a daring heist staged by a man who parachutes from a plane after stealing a company's... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0153022019
• ISBN13: 9780153022012
• Release Date: January 1994
• Publisher: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt P
• Length: 120 Pages
• Weight: 0.60 lbs.

Customer Reviews

an exellent book.

"Man from the sky" is a book you must read. It is a book of action and fun. Jamie Peters has trouble reading but he sees more in the sky in one day than we see in two! You might say he's crazy when he says he saw a man fall from the sky but he's not jokeing. He may have trouble reading but when Gillian (his neighbor that drives him crazy) is in trouble he learns how and finds his way. It made me feel excieted and scared at the same time so I would recommend this book to people who like action and fun.

Action Book!

Man from the sky Would you like to be a kid that likes to look up at the sky and imagine seeing things or to have a neighbor that spies on you? This is a story about Jamie who loves to look up at the sky and daydream. But one day instead of daydreaming Jamie see's a man from the sky parachuting! This amazing 120 page book by Avi is about Jamie's friend, Gillian, who gets into a lot of trouble one day. If you tie everything together, you should be able to guess what happens. If I told you I would spoil it, so you should definitely read it! I would rate it a five star book because of it's exciting and suspenseful characters and what happens. The book has an ok writing style because it doesn't have unique writing every word, but it is still a great book and I strongly recommend it. -Tomás Sowles

Man from the Sky is interesting and suspenseful!

Book Review of Avi's Man from the Sky Man from the Sky , by Avi, takes place in a small town in Pennsylvania near the border of New York. Jamie Peters, age 11, is a dreamer. Although he is unable to read books, Jamie spends his free time reading the sky. Jamie is able to see dragons, castles, and knights. One day while reading the sky, Jamie sees a man named Ed Goddard parachuting with a suitcase. Gillian Lurie, Jamie's neighbor, is jealous of Jamie's interesting hobby of reading the sky. In an attempt to find out how Jamie reads the sky, she watches him one day. While watching him, Gillian discovers a mysterious suitcase that leads her and Jamie into trouble. My favorite scene in this book is when Ed Goddard makes a gun out of wood. This is impressive because the gun looks real enough to fool people. Also, the fact that Goddard is clever enough to make a wood gun so that it will pass through the metal detectors at the airport is also an exciting part of the book. Although I enjoyed this book, I found it confusing the way the author continually switched back and forth from scenes and characters in each chapter. For example, in one chapter Ed Goddard is looking at planes, and in the following chapter Jamie is reading the sky. However, eventually the book becomes less confusing when the author brings the characters together. Man from the Sky, by Avi, is suspenseful and interesting. I recommend this book to readers my age. Submitted by David Apfelbaum, grade 6.

this book is good

This book is a great book because it has some action not to little action and not to much action another reason that i like this book is that it is not a confusing or big long book that takes for ever. and the book is for third grade to fith grade. ps. this book is a great book i recomend this book and this is especially good for 4th graders