The Flying Island

by David Rees

What happens when all the world's islands start to fly, seemingly of their own accord? Chaos for the politicians and world leaders, but great fun for the children. When a tropical island lands on a field in the sleepy Devon village of Dunsford, Lucy and Toby Middleton embark on a series of extraordinary adventures that take them to the Mediterranean, San Francisco, the Pacific Ocean, and eventually London, where they are able to help the world leaders solve the immense crisis that the flying islands have caused.

109 pages, Paperback

First published January 1, 1988

About the author

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David Rees was born in London in 1936, but lived most of his adult life in Devon, where for many years he taught English Literature at Exeter University and at California State University, San Jose. In 1984, he took early retirement in order to write full-time. Author of forty-two books, he is best known for his children's novel The Exeter Blitz, which in 1978 was awarded the Carnegie Medal (UK), and The Milkman's On His Way, which, having survived much absurd controversy in Parliament, is now regarded as something of a gay classic. He also won The Other Award (UK) for his historical novel The Green Bough of Liberty. David Rees died in 1993.