{"id":9251,"date":"2018-04-06T10:00:00","date_gmt":"2018-04-06T15:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/booksyalove.com\/?p=9251"},"modified":"2018-04-01T19:35:06","modified_gmt":"2018-04-02T00:35:06","slug":"f-is-the-thing-with-feathers-by-mccall-hoyle-book-review","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/booksyalove.com\/?p=9251","title":{"rendered":"F is The Thing With Feathers, by McCall Hoyle (book review)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"9352\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/booksyalove.com\/?attachment_id=9352\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/booksyalove.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/Thing-with-feathers-cover_orig.png?fit=525%2C800&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"525,800\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"Thing-with-feathers-cover_orig\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/booksyalove.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/Thing-with-feathers-cover_orig.png?fit=525%2C800&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"alignright wp-image-9352 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/booksyalove.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/Thing-with-feathers-cover_orig.png?resize=197%2C300&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"book cover of The Thing With Feathers by McCall Hoyle, published by Blink | recommended on BooksYALove.com \" width=\"197\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/booksyalove.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/Thing-with-feathers-cover_orig.png?resize=197%2C300&amp;ssl=1 197w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/booksyalove.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/Thing-with-feathers-cover_orig.png?w=525&amp;ssl=1 525w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 197px) 100vw, 197px\" \/>Managing her epilepsy while homeschooling is simple, with <a href=\"https:\/\/www.epilepsy.com\/learn\/seizure-first-aid-and-safety\/staying-safe\/seizure-dogs\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">seizure-sensing dog<\/a> Hitch always there.<\/p>\n<p>Suddenly sent to public high school, Emilie refuses to tell anyone about her condition (hard enough to fit in when you&#8217;re the only teen on the Outer Banks who can&#8217;t swim).<\/p>\n<p>Not even English project partner Chatham as they delve into Emily Dickinson or visit the lighthouse or worry about family complications.<\/p>\n<p>Find this Sept. 2017 release at your <a href=\"http:\/\/www.worldcat.org\/libraries\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">local library<\/a> or <a href=\"http:\/\/www.indiebound.org\/indie-store-finder\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">independent bookstore<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>When is playing it safe the least-safe choice?<br \/>\n**kmm<\/p>\n<p><strong>Book info<\/strong>: The Thing With Feathers \/ McCall Hoyle. Blink, 2017.\u00a0 [<a href=\"http:\/\/mccallhoyle.com\/index.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">author site<\/a>]\u00a0 [<a href=\"http:\/\/blinkyabooks.com\/books\/the-thing-with-feathers\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">publisher site<\/a>]\u00a0 Review copy and cover image courtesy of the publisher.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Managing her epilepsy while homeschooling is simple, with seizure-sensing dog Hitch always there. Suddenly sent to public high school, Emilie refuses to tell anyone about her condition (hard enough to fit in when you&#8217;re the only teen on the Outer Banks who can&#8217;t swim). Not even English project partner Chatham as they delve into Emily [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":9352,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[19],"tags":[10,203,22,7,4,5,16,196,18,44,43,27,184,290,15,9,21,35,3,8],"class_list":["post-9251","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-fiction","tag-a2z","tag-abuse","tag-behavior","tag-beliefs","tag-belonging","tag-coping","tag-determination","tag-disability","tag-family","tag-friendship","tag-growing-up","tag-medical","tag-mothers","tag-north-carolina","tag-relationships","tag-school","tag-self-image","tag-surprises","tag-teens","tag-us-author"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/booksyalove.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/Thing-with-feathers-cover_orig.png?fit=525%2C800&ssl=1","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/booksyalove.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9251","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/booksyalove.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/booksyalove.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/booksyalove.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/booksyalove.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=9251"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/booksyalove.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9251\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":9354,"href":"https:\/\/booksyalove.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9251\/revisions\/9354"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/booksyalove.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/9352"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/booksyalove.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=9251"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/booksyalove.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=9251"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/booksyalove.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=9251"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}