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FreezairForALimitedTime Since: Jan, 2001
2011-05-29 11:42:44

Aaaanybody?

"Proto-Indo-European makes the damnedest words related. It's great. It's the Kevin Bacon of etymology." ~Madrugada
SamECircle Since: Dec, 1969
2011-06-02 13:16:47

Unless you mean the movie Thunderpants, starring the young Rupert Grint... That's a really really long shot, but...

FreezairForALimitedTime Since: Jan, 2001
2011-06-03 19:44:20

No, this was deinitely a book. The "flight suit" was a birdwing design.

"Proto-Indo-European makes the damnedest words related. It's great. It's the Kevin Bacon of etymology." ~Madrugada
97.117.115.12 Since: Dec, 1969
2011-06-03 21:54:41

Maybe the "Bruno and Boots" series of Canadian young adult literature?

MissMercurial Since: Dec, 2010
2011-06-08 09:22:58

I don't know about a book, but there is a scene in Young Sherlock Holmes where Holmes tries to build a wing-type thing and crashes into the bushes...was there possibly a novelization of that movie?

FreezairForALimitedTime Since: Jan, 2001
2011-06-20 21:17:42

I think I might've read some Bruno And Boots, but if Wikipedia is any indication, none of those involve flying suits. I remember the flying suit most clearly because it was depicted on the cover.

"Proto-Indo-European makes the damnedest words related. It's great. It's the Kevin Bacon of etymology." ~Madrugada
PaulA Since: Jan, 2010
2011-06-20 22:28:24

^^ There is a novelization of Young Sherlock Holmes. I don't know of any edition with a cover depiction as described, but that doesn't necessarily mean there isn't one.

FreezairForALimitedTime Since: Jan, 2001
2011-07-03 20:44:28

It wasn't Sherlock Holmes-related. This story was set in the modern day as of the time of the writing (which might have been the 80's, possibly early 90's)

"Proto-Indo-European makes the damnedest words related. It's great. It's the Kevin Bacon of etymology." ~Madrugada
PaulA Since: Jan, 2010
2011-07-14 17:55:24

1867's a bit early, though.

FreezairForALimitedTime Since: Jan, 2001
2012-04-02 21:28:41

I'm bumping this ancient thing because, after many long months, I found it. It's called Dear Mon, Get Me Out Of Here! by Ellen Conford.

"Proto-Indo-European makes the damnedest words related. It's great. It's the Kevin Bacon of etymology." ~Madrugada
NateTheGreat Since: Jan, 2001
2012-04-03 07:42:45

To the best of my knowledge Bruno And Boots doesn't have any flying suits.

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