Soaring with the Sugarbird Lady by Dianne Wolfer, Fremantle Press, ISBN 9781760995270
REVIEWED BY ARJAN, 12, NSW
The publisher provided a review copy of this title.
Soaring with the Sugarbird Lady is about the story of Robin Miller. Since birth, Robin’s life was filled with the art of aviation. In her childhood, she would come home to the sight of Catalina aircraft roosting on the River Swan.
In Robin’s time, many people said that aviation was a man’s job and women could not participate and contribute to it. This angered Robin and fuelled her to push to fly even more, until she bought her own plane.
I found the book motivating. If you really want something, even in the face of challenges and you work for it, you can achieve it. I thoroughly enjoyed it. The description and the setting of the scenes really helped me picture Robin zooming over the Kimberly region in her little plane and vaccinating kids with anti-polio medicine dripped on sugar cubes, hence the name ‘sugarbird lady’. Anyone who likes adventure and aviation, this is the book for you.
In summary, I loved this book and the story itself. It’s a great book and I hope you will love it just like I did.
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Thanks for your review Arjan, I’m so glad you enjoyed Robin Miller’s story.