Illustrated by Greg Shed
ISBN #   0803720874

Etta just knows this is the year she’ll be brave enough to ride the Ferris wheel at the midway fair — she’s even told her brother and sister. But when she tests herself on top of the chicken coop and finds she’s too scared to move, she’s suddenly not so sure — the sky is so vast, what’s out there to catch her if she falls?

Through love and support from a caring older sister and a wonderful combination of determination and imagination, Etta comes to discover she really is able to soar to new heights, as readers will when they cheer Etta on with each turn of the page!

With a deceptively simple, timeless tale, Jennifer Richard Jacobson’s debut on the Dial list is a spectacular one, while renowned artist Greg Shed’s paintings literally illuminate the page.

"A child finds a way to get past her fear of heights in this sensitive, well-knit episode…Etta’s intense satisfaction is written across her face in the penultimate scene, and readers will feel it with her."
— Kirkus

" The text and illustrations work in concert to deliver the essence of youthful discovery. The book will be cherished by children who are seeking courage and by those who have found it."
— School Library Journal

"Young readers conquering anxieties of their own will want to linger over this comforting drama."
— Publisher’s Weekly

"What’s most attractive about the plot is that Etta finds her way round the fear at her own pace, with no one pushing her."
— Chicago Tribune