Talon: Come Fly With Me

"Talon knew that I was on his back... He wanted me on his back. He wants me to fly around!"

Talon: Come Fly With Me is about the life of nine-year-old girl, Matica. Matica lives in a remote village on a dry plateau in the Andes of Peru. She moved here with her Australian missionary and schoolteacher parents when she was five years old. Ever since Matica could remember, she faced cruel rejection because of a growth handicap that traps her in a body a two-year-old. Because of her appearance, the local Indians wouldn't accept her into their community or allow her to play with their children.

Under the watchful eyes of her parents, lonely Matica explores the plateau of the Andes. She found a pair of condors soaring near the mountains and with patience and a sense of adventure she befriended them. She named the condors Tamo and Tima and a strong bond and love developed between them.

The adventure of this book begins later, as Matica helplessly witnessed poachers stealing the condors' egg from their nest. After a dramatic fight between Tamo and the poachers, the poachers abandoned the egg leaving it far from its nest. Being unable to bring it back to the nest, Tamo and Tima sent signals to Matica to take care of their egg.

Later on, during Matica's tenth birthday, the condor egg hatches. The hatchling is called Talon and this story focuses on the self journey of Matica, as she teaches the little hatchling to fly. This experience changes her life completely and enables her to see a positive side to her handicap.

This book is the first of +Gigi Sedlmayer's Talon series. Not only is it a great uplifting story, it has a great moral as well. I went into this book not really knowing what to expect, other than what I had read from the back cover (which is written above this). I was blown away. Not only is the story interesting, the short (2-4 pages) chapters pull the story along and keep you glued to the page.

The only thing that is really is a knock on the book is the fact that sometimes the English doesn't always make sense. However, this is not a really major fault, since Ms. Sedlmayer is not a native English speaker.

Talon's 1st book get's an almost perfect rating

As you can see, Talon: Come Fly With Me gets a very high rating. The reasoning behind it losing that half star is the English not always being as understandable as I would like. Other than that, the book is great. I would recommend it to anyone interested in a good read. You can buy the book from Amazon in paperback and Kindle formats, as well as from Barnes&Noble in their Nook format. Link is below. If you would like to know more about the author, you can check out her blog: http://maticatalon.blogspot.com.au/

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