Why We Fly Free Audiobook Download by Kimberly Jones,Gilly Segal

The year is 2049. The Earth is dying. And the only hope for survival is to find a new planet to inhabit, a new world in space. A desperate pilot, one of the last remaining scientists, will live-stream his journey into deep space on the internet...

In a remote corner of the Earth crouches a tiny, tiny village. It is home to one family - and only one. But even in this small, isolated village, life is never quite as simple as it seems. As children play by the river, the elders tell tales of treasure that may exist beyond the horizon. And when misfortune befalls those living on the edge of people's memories, they have only to look skyward for answers... The story is narrated by a mysterious woman who has lived in this village her entire life and an American visitor who has just arrived. But these two narrators are not the only ones around - all around them are mysterious beings with a mission to help out those who need it most.

We fly. That is the only way to describe it, because it is so rampant in our culture. We are entranced by the idea that we can escape into an air-filled bubble and somehow achieve a higher plane of existence. But we all know that this isn't true and there's no escaping anything. Here is why flying provides no catharsis or relief, and how you can learn to embrace your own life instead of running away from it.

Why We Fly by Kimberly Jones Gilly Segal is a children's novel that discusses the life of three different birds, who have different ways of mastering the sky. The first bird works hard and doesn't care about anything but herself; she learns not to worry about what other people think and ends up flying higher into the sky than anyone else. The second bird wants to be a good citizen and does everything for the support of society; she works hard and is proud to fly in peace when everyone else is taking off fireworks. The third bird is different because he's shy, so he goes off on his own but then joins a group of birds to learn more about flight.

Why We Fly is a science fiction novel about the effects of climate change, and how it transforms life for a family of four who are forced to live apart from each other after their home burns down.

The audiobook is written by Kimberly Jones Gilly Segal and narrated by ['Suzy Jackson', 'Jasmin Walker']. The main character of the story, "Why We Fly", is a girl named Shade who has been earthbound for most of her life. She's never seen the sun or sky- she knows about them from old videos and what she sees on her computer screen. When she discovers that one of her classmates has left to take a trip to the moon, she decides that this will be the moment that changes everything for her.