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Synopsis
As director of the Jerhattan Parapsychic Center, telepath Rhyssa Owen coordinated the job assignments for psychically gifted Talents. And though she had her hands full dealing with the unreasonable demand for kinetics to work on the space platform that would be humankind's stepping-stone to the stars, she was always ready to welcome new Talents to the Center.Feisty and streetwise, twelve-year-old Tirla used her extraordinary knack for languages to eke out a living in the Linear developments, where the poor struggled to make ends meet and children were conscripted or sold into menial work programs. Young Peter, paralyzed in a freak accident, hoped someday to get into space where zero gravity would enable him to function more easily. Both desperately needed help only other Talents could provide.With the appearance in her life of one extraordinary man with no measurable Talent at all, Rhyssa suddenly found herself questioning everything she thought she knew about her people. And when two Talented children were discovered to have some very unusual -- and unexpected -- abilities, she realized that she would have to reassess the potential of all Talentkind...From the Paperback edition.
Is Pegasus in Flight appropriate for my child?
Suitable for most readers 10 and up.
Classic sci-fi focused on psychic children building humanity's future in space. Minimal content concerns—light peril and ethical questions about using gifted children for dangerous tasks, but optimistic tone throughout.
What to know going in
This book has mild violence, no sexual content, and clean language. Content notes include child harm.
Who'll love this
Readers who love stories about kids with special powers working together to save humanity will enjoy this hopeful space adventure.