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Broken Wings #2
Midnight Flight
They lived on the wild side.
Now these bad girls are paying the price.
At Dr. Foreman's School for Girls, the "students" sleep in barns, work on a farm in the blazing heat, and are subjected to ruthless guards who watch their every move. It's an institution run by the dreadful Dr. Foreman, a woman who delights in administering the worst form of punishment -- the mysterious Ice Room where the girls face their darkest fears.
Now Phoebe, Teal, and Robin -- three girls from very different worlds -- are the newcomers in this desert hell. During their stay, each girl will be tempted to commit the ultimate crime of betrayal as Dr. Foreman cleverly tries to turn them against each other -- until they learn that the only way to survive is to stick together...and fight back.
Now these bad girls are paying the price.
At Dr. Foreman's School for Girls, the "students" sleep in barns, work on a farm in the blazing heat, and are subjected to ruthless guards who watch their every move. It's an institution run by the dreadful Dr. Foreman, a woman who delights in administering the worst form of punishment -- the mysterious Ice Room where the girls face their darkest fears.
Now Phoebe, Teal, and Robin -- three girls from very different worlds -- are the newcomers in this desert hell. During their stay, each girl will be tempted to commit the ultimate crime of betrayal as Dr. Foreman cleverly tries to turn them against each other -- until they learn that the only way to survive is to stick together...and fight back.
384 pages, Hardcover
First published September 30, 2003
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V.C. Andrews
370 books9,074 followersBooks published under the following names - Virginia Andrews, V. Andrews, Virginia C. Andrews & V.C. Endrius. Books since her death ghost written by Andrew Neiderman, but still attributed to the V.C. Andrews name
Virginia Cleo Andrews (born Cleo Virginia Andrews) was born June 6, 1923 in Portsmouth, Virginia. The youngest child and the only daughter of William Henry Andrews, a career navy man who opened a tool-and-die business after retirement, and Lillian Lilnora Parker Andrews, a telephone operator. She spent her happy childhood years in Portsmouth, Virginia, living briefly in Rochester, New York. The Andrews family returned to Portsmouth while Virginia was in high school.
While a teenager, Virginia suffered a tragic accident, falling down the stairs at her school and incurred severe back injuries. Arthritis and a failed spinal surgical procedure forced her to spend most of her life on crutches or in a wheelchair.
Virginia excelled in school and, at fifteen, won a scholarship for writing a parody of Tennyson's Idylls of the King. She proudly earned her diploma from Woodrow Wilson High School in Portsmouth. After graduation, she nurtured her artistic talent by completing a four-year correspondence art course while living at home with her family.
After William Andrews died in the late 1960s, Virginia helped to support herself and her mother through her extremely successful career as a commercial artist, portrait painter, and fashion illustrator.
Frustrated with the lack of creative satisfaction that her work provided, Virginia sought creative release through writing, which she did in secret. In 1972, she completed her first novel, The Gods of the Green Mountain [sic], a science-fantasy story. It was never published. Between 1972 and 1979, she wrote nine novels and twenty short stories, of which only one was published. "I Slept with My Uncle on My Wedding Night", a short fiction piece, was published in a pulp confession magazine.
Promise gleamed over the horizon for Virginia when she submitted a 290,000-word novel, The Obsessed, to a publishing company. She was told that the story had potential, but needed to be trimmed and spiced up a bit. She drafted a new outline in a single night and added "unspeakable things my mother didn't want me to write about." The ninety-eight-page revision was re-titled Flowers in the Attic and she was paid a $7,500 advance. Her new-generation Gothic novel reached the bestseller lists a mere two weeks after its 1979 paperback publication by Pocket Books.
Petals on the Wind, her sequel to Flowers, was published the next year, earning Virginia a $35,000 advance. The second book remained on the New York Times bestseller list for an unbelievable nineteen weeks (Flowers also returned to the list). These first two novels alone sold over seven million copies in only two years. The third novel of the Dollanganger series, If There Be Thorns, was released in 1981, bringing Virginia a $75,000 advance. It reached No. 2 on many bestseller lists within its first two weeks.
Taking a break from the chronicles of Chris and Cathy Dollanganger, Virginia published her one, and only, stand-alone novel, My Sweet Audrina, in 1982. The book welcomed an immediate success, topping the sales figures of her previous novels. Two years later, a fourth Dollanganger novel was released, Seeds of Yesterday. According to the New York Times, Seeds was the best-selling fiction paperback novel of 1984. Also in 1984, V.C. Andrews was named "Professional Woman of the Year" by the city of Norfolk, Virginia.
Upon Andrews's death in 1986, two final novels—Garden of Shadows and Fallen Hearts—were published. These two novels are considered the last to bear the "V.C. Andrews" name and to be almost completely written by
Virginia Cleo Andrews (born Cleo Virginia Andrews) was born June 6, 1923 in Portsmouth, Virginia. The youngest child and the only daughter of William Henry Andrews, a career navy man who opened a tool-and-die business after retirement, and Lillian Lilnora Parker Andrews, a telephone operator. She spent her happy childhood years in Portsmouth, Virginia, living briefly in Rochester, New York. The Andrews family returned to Portsmouth while Virginia was in high school.
While a teenager, Virginia suffered a tragic accident, falling down the stairs at her school and incurred severe back injuries. Arthritis and a failed spinal surgical procedure forced her to spend most of her life on crutches or in a wheelchair.
Virginia excelled in school and, at fifteen, won a scholarship for writing a parody of Tennyson's Idylls of the King. She proudly earned her diploma from Woodrow Wilson High School in Portsmouth. After graduation, she nurtured her artistic talent by completing a four-year correspondence art course while living at home with her family.
After William Andrews died in the late 1960s, Virginia helped to support herself and her mother through her extremely successful career as a commercial artist, portrait painter, and fashion illustrator.
Frustrated with the lack of creative satisfaction that her work provided, Virginia sought creative release through writing, which she did in secret. In 1972, she completed her first novel, The Gods of the Green Mountain [sic], a science-fantasy story. It was never published. Between 1972 and 1979, she wrote nine novels and twenty short stories, of which only one was published. "I Slept with My Uncle on My Wedding Night", a short fiction piece, was published in a pulp confession magazine.
Promise gleamed over the horizon for Virginia when she submitted a 290,000-word novel, The Obsessed, to a publishing company. She was told that the story had potential, but needed to be trimmed and spiced up a bit. She drafted a new outline in a single night and added "unspeakable things my mother didn't want me to write about." The ninety-eight-page revision was re-titled Flowers in the Attic and she was paid a $7,500 advance. Her new-generation Gothic novel reached the bestseller lists a mere two weeks after its 1979 paperback publication by Pocket Books.
Petals on the Wind, her sequel to Flowers, was published the next year, earning Virginia a $35,000 advance. The second book remained on the New York Times bestseller list for an unbelievable nineteen weeks (Flowers also returned to the list). These first two novels alone sold over seven million copies in only two years. The third novel of the Dollanganger series, If There Be Thorns, was released in 1981, bringing Virginia a $75,000 advance. It reached No. 2 on many bestseller lists within its first two weeks.
Taking a break from the chronicles of Chris and Cathy Dollanganger, Virginia published her one, and only, stand-alone novel, My Sweet Audrina, in 1982. The book welcomed an immediate success, topping the sales figures of her previous novels. Two years later, a fourth Dollanganger novel was released, Seeds of Yesterday. According to the New York Times, Seeds was the best-selling fiction paperback novel of 1984. Also in 1984, V.C. Andrews was named "Professional Woman of the Year" by the city of Norfolk, Virginia.
Upon Andrews's death in 1986, two final novels—Garden of Shadows and Fallen Hearts—were published. These two novels are considered the last to bear the "V.C. Andrews" name and to be almost completely written by
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December 11, 2009
I can sum this book up in one word: Yuck!
I will not be reviewing this as I couldn't bring myself to finish it. It is thoroughly unappealing on all levels. Where shall I begin? The child-like writing? The unlikable and unrealistic teens? The forced diaper wearing? The information dumps that defy all logic? Need I continue? No life is too short for books like these.
I will not be reviewing this as I couldn't bring myself to finish it. It is thoroughly unappealing on all levels. Where shall I begin? The child-like writing? The unlikable and unrealistic teens? The forced diaper wearing? The information dumps that defy all logic? Need I continue? No life is too short for books like these.
April 21, 2008
I personally thought the writing of this book was awful. When it came to description, dialogue, etc, it was really pathetic-hard to picture, really cheesy, etc. I usually enjoy the somewhat "trashy" storylines of VC Andrews (her family writes the books now that she is deceased) but feel the actual writing has been better. I guess VC Andrews writes for teens now. It irritates me when books aimed at teens are written at a first-grade level. Don't we want to EXPAND our student's vocabulary?
With that said, the story was actually somewhat okay. It's about three girls who are trouble-makers and are sent to a "farm" where they are treated horribly-they work all day, are sent ou in the desert when they won't follow rules, etc. The psychology of it was interesting. I just wish the actual writing had been better.
With that said, the story was actually somewhat okay. It's about three girls who are trouble-makers and are sent to a "farm" where they are treated horribly-they work all day, are sent ou in the desert when they won't follow rules, etc. The psychology of it was interesting. I just wish the actual writing had been better.
June 2, 2014
This is the first review I've written here but had to review this book (series)! It was so good! I just couldn't put it down at times! It seems a little different than the usual VC Andrews style but so so good! Yes parts were very disturbing but the story and meaning behind it all was so good and couldn't have been better! It's very rare that I've cried reading a book, but the last part of this one made me cry! Would love to see them do these two books into movies or mini series!
May 15, 2014
Some spoilers on the review
I've read one serie of books by the real V.C. Andrews when I was a teenager, and I've really liked it. I don't knonw if this series doesn't give justice for the real V.C. Andrews or if at the time I wasn't judged very well the books. I know that I disliked Broken Wings, both one and two. First the books don't seem very well written. Second the storys aren't good. First one seems almost one story recounted free times. It is like playing a dungeon in videogame. First you do it in normal, than in hard and them in epic. But it is the same dungeon. Second I thought that the description of the girls and their mothers were not very logical. The worst for me was the first girl and her mother. How it comes that at the end of the second book all is good between them, the girl just wanted to be like her mother??? I could understand that they became attached, ot that the girl just wanted to be like her mother... And when did the girls become such great friends?! It was from night to day?
Well if I didn't like the first one very much, the second seemed to me that a completely crazy one.
The only thing i can say the book was good, and it was because of that i gave 2 stars and not only one, is that eventhought i wasn't enjoying very much the book, I wanted to finish it and see what would happen to the girls. It is like a bad song that you keep singing. Yeah, it is bad. But it can keep you reading.
I've read one serie of books by the real V.C. Andrews when I was a teenager, and I've really liked it. I don't knonw if this series doesn't give justice for the real V.C. Andrews or if at the time I wasn't judged very well the books. I know that I disliked Broken Wings, both one and two. First the books don't seem very well written. Second the storys aren't good. First one seems almost one story recounted free times. It is like playing a dungeon in videogame. First you do it in normal, than in hard and them in epic. But it is the same dungeon. Second I thought that the description of the girls and their mothers were not very logical. The worst for me was the first girl and her mother. How it comes that at the end of the second book all is good between them, the girl just wanted to be like her mother??? I could understand that they became attached, ot that the girl just wanted to be like her mother... And when did the girls become such great friends?! It was from night to day?
Well if I didn't like the first one very much, the second seemed to me that a completely crazy one.
The only thing i can say the book was good, and it was because of that i gave 2 stars and not only one, is that eventhought i wasn't enjoying very much the book, I wanted to finish it and see what would happen to the girls. It is like a bad song that you keep singing. Yeah, it is bad. But it can keep you reading.
February 20, 2016
It has been years since I've read a VC Andrews novel and this one does not disappoint. It is astonishing how she can create characters who are vile and treacherous and yet it is something that you can easily imagine happening if you just stretch your imagination just a little bit. Everything isn't always rosy at the end, however like everything in life, there is always a silver lining on the darkest and greyest of clouds.
February 12, 2018
I couldn’t finish this book. It was nothing like I expected after the first book in this series. This one really dragged on with very little content apart from new and unimaginative forms of abuse dished out by the “buddies” and the doctor. Blah. Blah. Blah. Very disappointing.
April 26, 2009
had to finish the series:)
January 27, 2020
I hated this book sooo much I couldn't wait to finish it, it was boring, not interesting, some parts in the book dragged on for me. I hated the characters especially Teal who is always complaining, irritating, and very annoying and I hated Mindy and Gia they were both annoying also and also manipulative in the story. There were times when I wanted to stop reading this book but for some reason I just kept on going towards the end (painfully)
So overall I didn't enjoy this book and especially the Broken Wings series I like Virginia Andrews as a writer but these two books are a let down for me so I'm rating it 0-0.1 stars it was boring as hell.
So overall I didn't enjoy this book and especially the Broken Wings series I like Virginia Andrews as a writer but these two books are a let down for me so I'm rating it 0-0.1 stars it was boring as hell.
January 13, 2018
I enjoyed the concept and psychology of this book, but I was a little disappointed that the writing wasn’t better and I didn’t feel that everything was explained with Posy/Gia. Nonetheless, I enjoyed the dystopic element and how the girls worked their escape plan.
July 31, 2018
Kniha je pokračovaním príbehov dievčat z prvej časti. Všetky tri sa stretnú jednej "škole" a doslova sa ju snažia prežiť. Uff, chvíľami som rozmýšľala nad tým, prečo? Chvíľami mi ma mrazilo... niektoré výchovné metódy boli celkom fajn iné priam desivé... Kniha sa číta sama, priam človeka núti ju dočítať.
November 5, 2011
I first read this book when I was in high school. It was one of my aunt's books that she lent me back then. I really loved the book after reading it back then and after reading it for a second time, nothing much has changed in my appreciation of the book. I think I even appreciate it more now after I have undergone a course in General Psychology because I now understand more why Dr. Foreman has been doing what she has been doing do her "students", and the fact that she is a believer in Behaviorism (someone who believes that people can be shaped and molded according to the behaviorist's liking by using the theories of B.F. Skinner, John Watson and other behaviorists).
What I liked:
1) Dr. Foreman's ways on how to straighten out her girls
2) the plot. I haven't read the first book of the series so I actually don't know the details why the three girls did their crimes
3) the fact that the three girls actually ended up as best friends after what happened to them in Dr. Foreman's school
What I didn't like:
1) Phoebe was the only one narrating. It would have been better if it was not only Phoebe who was narrating, what I'm saying is that maybe if the three of them had taken turns to narrate a part of their stay in Dr. Foreman's school.
2) The epilogue. For me, the letters were not effective, it would have been more effective if it was narrated by each of the girls.
What I liked:
1) Dr. Foreman's ways on how to straighten out her girls
2) the plot. I haven't read the first book of the series so I actually don't know the details why the three girls did their crimes
3) the fact that the three girls actually ended up as best friends after what happened to them in Dr. Foreman's school
What I didn't like:
1) Phoebe was the only one narrating. It would have been better if it was not only Phoebe who was narrating, what I'm saying is that maybe if the three of them had taken turns to narrate a part of their stay in Dr. Foreman's school.
2) The epilogue. For me, the letters were not effective, it would have been more effective if it was narrated by each of the girls.
March 25, 2008
Not a bad book. It's a sequel to "Broken Wings". The only problem I really had with it is,what ever happened to one of the other "girls" that was at Dr. Forman's school? I wish there was more of a story about her. If there is a story more about what happened to her..please,enlighten me. I'd like to either know about it,or read the book on that one. I mean,did she die? Is she now in some institution? Instead,I felt like I was left hanging as to whatever happened to her. Or did I miss something?
I got the feeling that the girls afterward felt like they learned how to survive all on their own,without any help from Dr. Forman or what they learned at that so called school. My thought is,who do they think taught them how to survive? I don't think they realized how much Dr. Forman really did teach them...Kind of a scary thought though..isn't it?
I got the feeling that the girls afterward felt like they learned how to survive all on their own,without any help from Dr. Forman or what they learned at that so called school. My thought is,who do they think taught them how to survive? I don't think they realized how much Dr. Forman really did teach them...Kind of a scary thought though..isn't it?
March 29, 2010
Just finished this book and I thought it was a well written followup to the first in the series. To me, it's a little unlike the normal V.C. Andrews pattern. Teal, Robin and Pheobe are all taken to the ranch and are from there on under the control and supervision of Dr. Foreman. I say control because this woman, with the help of their 3 designated "buddies" basically tortured these girls, both physically and emotionally. It's a page turner to the point of you find yourself wanting these girls, even if they were a bit bratty in the previous book to overcome and break free of Dr. Foreman and the ranch.
THe story is told from the perspective of Pheobe, and I highly recommend this book if you read the first in the series. It was actually better and through all of the twists and turns in the book, especially concerning the character of "Posy," it's worth it at the end.
THe story is told from the perspective of Pheobe, and I highly recommend this book if you read the first in the series. It was actually better and through all of the twists and turns in the book, especially concerning the character of "Posy," it's worth it at the end.
March 19, 2013
Some of the characters seem really flat, such as Mindy and the buddies. The buddies were flat other than when they were shouting orders. Gia seemed to serve a greater purpose and was sort of creepy, so I was happy with her character. Teal just annoyed me to no end, with all her whining and crying. Robin and Phoebe seemed fairly simple. Its like the new characters in Neidermans novels are lacking something under the surface, everyone is paper thin and has no depth.
Overall it was sort of a drag to get through the last third of the book, but the beginning was fine and the plot twists still had me interested. I found the concept of being infants to the school and wearing diapers kinda weird but it made sense in a strange way.
I feel as though the idea of the book was good, just the writing and execution was not up to standard.
Overall it was sort of a drag to get through the last third of the book, but the beginning was fine and the plot twists still had me interested. I found the concept of being infants to the school and wearing diapers kinda weird but it made sense in a strange way.
I feel as though the idea of the book was good, just the writing and execution was not up to standard.
July 16, 2015
This book continues the lives of three girls who couldn't stay out of trouble, Teal, Robin, and Phoebe. The girls are sent to the "school" that is supposed to help reform them instead of going to jail. The head of the school, Dr. Foreman, along with three "buddies" make sure rules are obeyed and basically keep the girls' lives miserable. One wrong move and you could be bitten by a snake or scorpion; or sent to the ice house, where virtual reality will make you experience your greatest fears. Teal and Phoebe even experience sleeping in a closed coffin. The girls do eventually go back to their homes. This time in their lives will be a part of them forever, especially their lasting friendship.
November 21, 2014
When I read these novels back in the day I would have given them 3-3.5 STARS and now would say about one Star
I started reading VC Andrews books in the 1991 and stopped about 2003.
I have read:
-Dollanganger Series
-Casteel Series
-Cutler Series
-Landry Series
-Logan Series
-Orphans Series
-Wildflowers Series
-Hudson Series
-Shooting Stars Series
-DeBeers Series
-Broken Wings Series
As a preteen reading these novels was a rebellion and the gothic theme also seemed cool. I stopped reading this author because the novelty wore off, the novels are too formulaic that I could not tell one book from another and gothic aspect was lost.
I started reading VC Andrews books in the 1991 and stopped about 2003.
I have read:
-Dollanganger Series
-Casteel Series
-Cutler Series
-Landry Series
-Logan Series
-Orphans Series
-Wildflowers Series
-Hudson Series
-Shooting Stars Series
-DeBeers Series
-Broken Wings Series
As a preteen reading these novels was a rebellion and the gothic theme also seemed cool. I stopped reading this author because the novelty wore off, the novels are too formulaic that I could not tell one book from another and gothic aspect was lost.
November 16, 2008
The first book is titled: Broken Wings. This is a typical V.C. Andrews book. Three teenage girls are send to a type of correctional agency, a school for girls. Here the girls sleep in bards, work on a farm in blistering heat and verbally tortured by their adult "buddies".
Once I got into the first 50 pages, it was pretty good. Just took awhile to get into the book. You don't have to read the first book to understand the second. They give enough background to understand where the girls came from.
Once I got into the first 50 pages, it was pretty good. Just took awhile to get into the book. You don't have to read the first book to understand the second. They give enough background to understand where the girls came from.
September 13, 2011
I liked this book better than Broken Wings. I actually think the school is a good idea althought maybe for people with worst crimes than Phoebe, Teal and Robin. If you've not read the first book then chances are you will for more sorry for them as you don't have their crimes explained in full. It was a good read. I liked the setting and the plot. I think the ending was a little bit to sugar coated for my liking. I really wish Andrews would go back to her 5 book sagas. Two books just doesn't quiet cut it.
December 5, 2012
(Fiction 2003) It's been a long time since I read a VC Andrews book (and now I see that this was written "in her style" by someone else),but I found this book strangely engaging. I did not read the first of this two-book set, but had little trouble getting the drift of the story. It was a fast read, lots of tension and angst, and was fun for a quick read. I was in the mood for something upbeat - this book barely qualified, but enough to satisfy. Not sure I'm going to look for others, though.
March 5, 2014
I'm not sure how i feel about this book, it was scary, sometimes disgusting. The whole idea of the school was appealing but when I started reading, I felt sick at times, the way the girls were being treated. Even with all that in mind, I couldn't stop reading, I wanted so bad to know what will happen to Phoebe, Robin and Teal, even though Teal annoyed me so much in this book. Loved the ending, but I don't rate it higher because there are some things that weren't explained.
April 9, 2009
This was okay. I think this is where any teenaged girls should go, especially those ones who want to send nude photos of themselves to boys on their cellphones. No self respect. No dignity these days. In all seriousness I liked the book and the first one. A friend lent it to me in 2001 and I read both books in about a week.
November 14, 2011
Throught the two books in this series and can't help but think how it is so much like the orphan series...but instead of 4 mini books and one novel it was broke down to three books within the first novel, one for each girl. The second novel was all three girls and how they were involved in one anothers life.
November 5, 2012
I read this book a few years ago and I was shocked at how crazy and cruel V.C. Andrews characters can be, someone is either getting raped by a family member, committing incest, falling in love and having sex at around the same age. To me all her stories are the same just different names. But oddly I still read her stories and like them.
March 26, 2014
So... this book was bought at the airport before my journey to my holiday destination... again like the book before it... I couldn't put it down, seeing what the girls had to put up with and what they were subjected too whenever they 'misbehaved' was so emotional...
This book picks up almost directly after Broken Wings and well... it was gripping from start to finish.
This book picks up almost directly after Broken Wings and well... it was gripping from start to finish.
March 6, 2015
A great ending to Broken Wings and the story of the four girls who had a hard time finding their way in life. Turning to ways that lead them to trouble and eventually in a place no one wants to end up. We can find ourselves in the most unpredictable way; it takes time and experience. To learn can sometimes take something horrible happening to us, but in the end it helps us to open our eyes.
May 31, 2014
Awesome book! I couldn't lay it down! I had to make myself go to bed at 2am (usually go to bed around 11-12) and all I could do was lay in bed thinking about what's going to happen next to these poor girls.. I read this book in about a day and a half.. Absolutely would recommend. LOVED it!
December 5, 2014
one of the best, most loved series/authors of all time. V.C. Andrews books are something so easily recognizable and new books continue to evolve to go with the times and bring in a whole new generation of loving readers
August 27, 2015
Teal, Robin and Phoebe met at Dr. Formans "school". There girls, among others, were sent there because of their wrong doings at home. This reform school was just plain torture to all that attended!
I really like this book and how it was written. Good story line!
I really like this book and how it was written. Good story line!
November 5, 2015
.....I have a hard time to believe that I actually did read it when I was young....
I mean...this book is CRUELLY...BIG CRUELLY!!
I don't think preteen need to read this book because it's horride!!!
I mean...this book is CRUELLY...BIG CRUELLY!!
I don't think preteen need to read this book because it's horride!!!
October 5, 2016
There were times that I couldn't put this book down. It was interesting. The girls live in hell! Dr. Forman tries to play them against one another but the girls finally learn to work together.
I enjoyed the stories from the Indian
I enjoyed the stories from the Indian
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