Fourteen-year-old pioneering aviatrix Emmaline is afraid of one thing: plummeting to her doom. Fortunately, twelve-year-old Robert Burns, an indestructible village boy, is not. But before Emmaline can perefect a flying machine with the aid of her new friend, she is sent off to St. Grimelda’s School for Young Ladies to be cured of her unladylike ways. All Emmaline can think of is escape. But no one has ever escaped from St. Grimelda’s. Emmeline soon realizes that the only way out is to face her greatest fear. Written by Howard Whitehouse and illustrated by Bill Slavin. Softcover, 256 pages. (Read Review)