History Literature / TheGirlWhoCouldFly

The novel is written rather well from the point of view of a ten year old girl, has some genuinely surprising twists, and deconstructs and reconstructs the concepts of optimism, normalcy, happiness, and what makes a person special.

* TheseLookLikeJobsForTheSupermen: Discussed when the kids decide what they want to do with their powers when they grow up. Most want to do things that would end up on this page, although Smitty does want to go into crime-fighting (as a detective, which his XRayVision would be useful for). [[spoiler:The epilogue reveals that many of the kids are at these jobs (although probably as interns rather than actual work).]]

* FunetikAksent: Professor Mumbleby

* ShrinkingViolet: A very literal example with Violet.

** Piper [=McCloud=] (flying), Bella Lovely (positivity), Violet (shrinks when embarrassed)

* YouthfulFreckles: Piper doesn't like them

** Piper Mc Cloud (flying), Bella Lovely (positivity), Violet (shrinks when embarrassed)

* MundaneSolution: After all the elaborate plans to break out, Piper and the others [[spoiler:just go to Dr. Hellion's office and let her know they are taking over the facility. They then use their collective powers to lock up the adults and heal the animals.]]

* Twinbanter: Nalen and Ahmed Mustafa. They are identical and are always FinishingEachOthersSentences

* WonderChild: Subverting most of it.

The Girl Who Could Fly starts out in with your typical [[FarmBoy farm girl]] in your typical [[DownOnTheFarm Midwestern town]]. Her hobbies include milking cows, speaking in a FunetikAksent, and [[TheLastOfTheseIsNotLikeTheOthers practicing her flying skills]]. Wait, what?

* PersonalityPowers: Piper, the idealist, can fly.

It's {{Little House On The Prairie}} meets {{Comicbook/X Men}}. The story follows Piper [[MeaningfulName McCloud]] from birth, where her family discovers that she can float. Her parents try to keep her from the other children and convince her that floating is bad, but an insatiable curiosity soon grips hold of her, and one day she jumps off the roof to try flying. Luckily, she succeeds. It's not long before word gets out, and we learn that a town that could, as far as we know, be in the 1860s is still in the modern age as a helicopter arrives to take her to the Institute of Normalcy, Stability, And Non-Exceptionality. Just look at the acronym if the name doesn't convey the intention well enough.

It's {{Little House On The Prairie}} meets {{Comicbook/X Men}}. The story follows Piper [[MeaningfulName McCloud]] from birth, where her family discovers that she can float. Her parents try to keep her from the other children and convince her that floating is bad, but an insatiable curiosity soon grips hold of her, and one day she jumps off the roof to try flying. Luckily, she succeeds. It's not long before word gets out, and we learn that a town that could, as far as we know, be in the 1860s is still in the modern age as a helicopter arrives to take her to The Institute of Normalcy, Stability, And Non-Exceptionality. Just look at the acronym if the name doesn't convey the intention well enough.

* BroughtDownToNormal: INSANE's plan is to do this to all new and superhuman creatures.

It's {{Little House On The Prairie}} meets {{Comicbook/X Men}}. The story follows Piper McCloud from birth, where her family discovers that she can float. Her parents try to keep her from the other children and convince her that floating is bad, but an insatiable curiosity soon grips hold of her, and one day she jumps off the roof to try flying. Luckily, she succeeds. It's not long before word gets out, and we learn that a town that could, as far as we know, be in the 1860s is still in the modern age as a helicopter arrives to take her to The Institute of Normalcy, Stability, And Non-Exceptionality. Just look at the acronym if the name doesn't convey the intention well enough.

It's {{Little House On The Prairie}} meets {{Comicbook/X Men}}. The story follows Piper McCloud from birth, where her family discovers that she can float. Her parents try to keep her from the other children and convince her that floating is bad, but an insatiable curiosity soon grips hold of her, and one day she jumps off the roof to try flying. Luckily, she succeeds.

It's not long before word gets out, and we learn that a town that could, as far as we know, be in the 1860s is still in the modern age as a helicopter arrives to take her to The Institute of Normalcy, Stability, And Non-Exceptionality. Just look at the acronym if the name doesn't convey the intention well enough.

It's {{Little House On The Prairie}} [[XMeetsY meets]] {{Comicbook/X Men}} and it's much BetterThanItSounds. The story follows Piper McCloud from birth, where her family discovers that she can float. Her parents try to keep her from the other children and convince her that floating is bad, but an insatiable curiosity soon grips hold of her, and one day she jumps off the roof to try flying. Luckily, she succeeds.

It's not long before word gets out, and we learn that a town that could, as far as we know, be in the 1860s is still in the modern age as a helicopter arrives to take her to The Institute of Normalcy, Sability, And NonExceptionality. Just look at the acronym if the name doesn't convey the intention well enough.

It's {{Little House On The Prairie}} [[XMeetsY meets]] {{Comicbook/X Men}}