Sunday, June 14, 2020

Off the Bookshelf: THE FLYING FLAMINGO SISTERS, by Carrie Seim

Audio book
Audible Original

Radio drama

What FUN!

The story of the plucky Flamingo sisters is done as an old-time radio drama, with suspenseful music and sound effects, nefarious villains of the mustache-twirling sort, and over-the-top dialog and wordplay.

Everybody's name in the Flamingo family starts with F -- including the dog.  Everybody in the family flies, or contributes to flight. When the girls' parents disappear in a air race, their evil uncle shows up to take over the family home, throw the girls into an orphanage, and search for a map to the family fortune, which can only be discovered once every hundred years.

Of course our girls take off in their plane to search for their parents, facing obstacles with determination and humor and a little sibling bickering.

Far, far too short a story -- and I really hope that the ending, which invites readers to return to hear what happens next with Fae, Frannie and Flo, their dog Fritz, and their evil uncle Frederick, really DOES mean there will be another installment.

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