#The Piper McCloud series

[thegirlwhocouldflywiki]

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since the wiki keeps getting vandalized to hell and back, I’ve decided to make this blog as a more proper wiki for The Girl Who Could Fly series. 

Hi there, my name is Fynn! I use he/him/his pronouns and I love The Girl Who Could Fly series so much. I was the original editor of the wiki, and maintained it pretty well until the pandemic in 2020 when I got a full time job and around 3-4 people decided to vandalize the wiki. Every time I tried to fix it, around an hour or so later it would be vandalized again. 

I’m hoping to get this ‘wiki’ up and running quickly, and I plan to make sure everything is organized and proper looking so that it’s easier to access than the Fandom wiki. (Because honestly, that sight in general is a mess of ads and the layout gives me a headache on mobile.) 

Obviously this isn’t my main blog, but if you have any questions/requests I am more than willing to answer! 

#The Girl Who Could Fly #The Boy Who Knew Everything #The Girl Who Fell Out of The Sky #tgwcf #tbwke #tgwfos #Victoria Forester #Fandom Wiki #wiki page #Piper McCloud #Conrand Harrington #intro post #pinned post #The Piper McCloud series

[fishfynns]

so I’ve been obsessed with The Owl House recently, as one is, and I just. I love Luz and Hunter so much. They remind me so much of Conrad and Piper in the first book, so I made an edit of them from a screenshot. 

Here they are. I love these kids so much. 

#The Girl Who Could Fly #the girl who could fly series #Piper McCloud #Conrad Harrington #The Owl House #Luz Nozeda #hunter wittebane #the boy who knew everything #the girl who fell from the sky #the piper mccloud series #PLEASE reblog and share this around #this took me so long to do #fynn edits

[books-to-add-to-your-tbr]

Title: Piper McCloud

Author: Victoria Forester

Series or standalone: series

Publication year: 2008

Genres: fiction, fantasy, science fiction, adventure, paranormal, supernatural

Blurb: Piper McCloud can fly, just like that, easy as pie. Sure, she hasn’t mastered reverse propulsion, and her loops are kind of sloppy, but she’s really good at loop-the-loops. Problem is, the good folk of Lowland County are afraid of Piper, and her ma is at her wit’s end...so it seems only fitting that she leave her parents’ farm to attend a top-secret, maximum-security school for kids with exceptional abilities. School is great at first, with a bunch of new friends whose skills range from super strength to super genius, plus all the homemade apple pie she can eat. But Piper is special even among the special, and there are consequences...consequences too dire to talk about, too crazy to consider, and too dangerous to ignore.

#piper mccloud #the girl who could fly #the boy who knew everything #the girl who fell out of the sky #victoria forester #series #2008 #fiction #fantasy #science fiction #adventure #paranormal #supernatural

[strawberryghostlight]

Bug bite

[ID: a digital drawing of Piper McCloud from the Girl Who Fell Out Of The Sky. She is a 12-year-old girl in a light blue t-shirt, jeans, and slip-on sneakers, with her hair in two braids. She is curled up, clutching her stomach, which is glowing red. The background is dark blue with jagged lines. / End ID]

Idk what possessed me to make this so fast, but I’m so happy with how it turned out! I meant for this to be my final drawing for book 3, but there’s one more scene I’ve been planning to draw since I started this series, specifically so it could parallel my second drawing from book 1 lol. So I’m not done yet!

#anyway just found and joined the tgwcf discord #can't believe I haven't done that sooner #really proud of this drawing too! #tgwcf #the girl who could fly #the girl who fell out of the sky #Victoria Forester #my art

[gioithieusachaz]

The Girl Who Fell Out Of The Sky

The Girl Who Fell Out Of The Sky

The Girl Who Fell Out Of The Sky In The Girl Who Fell Out of the Sky–the conclusion to the fantasy adventure series that began with the New York Times bestseller The Girl Who Could Fly–Victoria Forester shows readers that life is always exceptional, and “abilities” come in many forms. What happens when the girl who could fly can’t fly anymore? Piper McCloud’s ability to fly has disappeared,…

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[hufflepuffninthdoctor]

Listen. Listen. If the main character of a series is a girl who can fly, calling a book The girl who fell out of the sky is literally the best thing you can do to give me a heart attack. I haven’t read the book yet and I’m already terrified.

#i know that this series has basically no fandom but oh well #it's so good #i can't help it #piper mccloud #conrad harrington #the girl who could fly

[girlofmanyfandoms]

do you have any book recommendations?

Ooooh okay so:

The Thing About Jellyfish by Ali Benjamin - Trigger warning for death (mentions, but throughout the story) and depression/anxiety, but holy moly I love this book. It has a happy ending, dw, and if I remember correctly there’s a gay couple so uwu. Basic summary, the main character tries to convince herself that she’s not the villain of her story, and the death of someone close to her wasn’t her fault, and she didn’t waste her time with said person.

Piper McCloud Series by Victoria Forester - I’ve only read the first book, but I l o v e. Basically there’s a group of kids who have special powers, Piper being among them. She’s sent to this institution/program that was meant to protect her and teach her to control her power, but she learns that her beloved program wasn’t as much of a safe space as she originally thought.

Story Thieves Series by James Riley - I hold this series dear to my heart because h o l y m o l y it’s amazing. I haven’t read the last book because I didn’t want it to end, if that tells you anything. In the first book, Owen Connors is your classic smart boi with normal life when he finds out that Bethany, a girl who never seems to pay attention in class, is half-fictional and half nonfictional, and can jump into books. He agrees not to tell her secret on one condition, one that leads to a catastrophe.

The Enchanted Forest Chronicles by Patricia C. Wrede - I haven’t read this in years, but I remember reading each book in one day! So, in book 1, Princess Cimorene decides to run away from her home and live with the most dangerous dragon around, Kazul. Soon enough, she’s joined a group of extreme mythical risk-takers, and she has to find a way to survive out in the unknown.

Nevermoor Chronicles by Jessica Townsend - Ilovethisonesomuch. Morrigan Crow is one of the cursed children, set to die at midnight on Eventide. She’s blamed for anything that goes wrong around her, leading to most people refusing to look in her direction. Just before she’s set to pass, Jupiter North arrives and introduces her to a new world where she’ll need to earn her right to not only live out her dreams, but live.

I Am Princess X by Cherie Priest - Bought it on a whim and I have no regrets. Two childhood friends bond over their love of creating, one loving to write and the other loving drawing, so they create a story together, and build on that story as the years go on. One of the girls disappears, leaving the other one lost and alone. One day the remaining girl sees a sticker of the main character of the story she was making with her missing friend, and she traces the clues as she desperately tries to get her back.

Teen Titans: Raven by Kami Garcia and Gabriel Picolo - I love these graphic novels! Kami’s the writer and Gabriel’s the artist, and so far they’ve also made Teen Titans: Beast Boy together as a sequel to the first one! This one’s pretty self-explanatory, but as a summary: Raven’s having a conversation with her mother in a car when she gets into an accident and loses parts of her memory, so she must rely on her family and new friends to get her accustomed to life once more. On this journey, strange things happen to her, and she learns not to take things at face value.

I’ll make a separate post if I think of more!

#wow i really said you want recs? Here’s three thousand of them- #book recs #Cade’s asks

[imaginaryrobin]

Post 10 favorite female characters from 10 fandoms and tag 10 people. Thanks so much for the tag, @timelordoftherings ! :) Now, in no particular order:

• Wendy Darling (Peter Pan)

• Hera Syndulla (Star Wars: Rebels)

• Peridot (Steven Universe)

• Belle (Beauty & the Beast)

• Anna (Frozen)

• Danielle De Barbarac (Ever After)

• Pollyanna Whittier (Pollyanna)

• Meg March (Little Women)

Gif credit goes to @lannistars thank you!! Not enough good gifs of this sweet girl. :)

• Piper McCloud (The Girl Who Could Fly books)

Couldn’t find any fanart or gifs of her, which makes me so sad. I love this series but the fandom is so tiny it’s barely even existent!! :’(

• Cindy Moon (Silk, Marvel Comics)

I’ll tag @theycallmedworkinschivelbusch if you haven’t been tagged in this before? :) And anyone else who wants to join in, I’m not great with tagging people, sorry! 😅

#there are so many others this was super hard to narrow down #but it’s a good selection I love all these girls!! 🥰

[fishfynns]

hello “the girl who could fly” fandom

I come with shocking news today

it is not called “The Girl Who Could Fly Series”

it is called “Piper McCloud Series” 

I do not know how to feel about that

#forester get a twitter please for the love of god #I just wanna t a l k #tgwcf #tbwke #tgwfos #piper mccloud #piper mccloud series #The Girl Who Could Fly #the boy who knew everything #the girl who fell out of the sky #Excuse Me #the FUCK does this imply

[fishfynns]

how would you all feel about a fae au with Conrad and Piper? Piper is the fae, of course, because it fits, and Conrad is the “there’s always a logical reason” kind of dude

#idk I think it would be hella cute #The Girl Who Could Fly #the boy who knew everything #the girl who fell out of the sky #piper mccloud series

[fishfynns]

I finally read ‘The Girl Who Fell Out Of The Sky’

as the (supposed) end of the series, I clearly have some thoughts on the book

Spoilers

The book starts out how you think it would. There’s a classic end of the world disaster that Max has planned, and of course the kids go to stop it. But during the team meeting, Lily ‘fixes up’ Piper to catch Conrad’s attention, and this causes the affect of Piper being stung by a ‘bug’ while trying to rescue Jasper. The venom causes her to lose her powers. 

Now there’s a lot to unpack there, first and foremost with Piper trying to catch Conrad’s attention. But she doesn’t need to do that- they’re best friends who have died for each other and have gone through what would be considered the worst possible scenarios. It’s the reason why Conrad pushes Piper away from the missions afterwards- he cares about her, and he doesn’t want her to get hurt. With Piper being the unreliable narrator that she is, views it as Conrad not wanting to be around her because she’s different now. 

With her being alone and being unable to accept that she’s alone, she tries to help around the house, but fails. She can’t cook breakfast, she can’t even go to church by herself! It’s all of these failures that make her stand out, no matter what. She’s alone, truly and utterly, for the first time in a long time. She doesn’t have any friends to be with in the first place, and then, the most dreadful. 

Betty gives birth. 

A beautiful and healthy baby girl named Jane. Betty can’t stay to take care of Piper, and Piper can’t go, and Joe is going to be leaving as well. So by some weird happenstance, Millie Mae Miller gets stuck with taking care of Piper. 

And, god, the Millers. 

Millie Mae immediately sets Piper to do some housework. And, thankfully, it’s nothing as hard as it could possibly be. Piper takes this as an opportunity to try and see if being “normal” is what she can do now. She tries her hardest too, but ultimately, the biggest test comes along: the head of the house, Dick Miller. It’s his house, his rules. None of which are laid out for Piper- she’s expected to pick up on the cues, but she breaks one almost instantly in grabbing some food for herself- the head of the house eats first. 

But, let’s talk about the Millers. Specifically, their abuse narrative. Yes, it is abuse. It first stands out with Millie Mae, when she beats her sons over the head with the very same sticks. Now it’s glossed over but that’s the first hint. Then she squirrels away Piper to be out of site and out of mind. Until dinnertime, when Dick Miller asks what she’s doing here and why. Then Mille Mae answers- but she phrases it like this

“Oh, Dick, her ma went and had a baby today for no good reason. They took her off to the hospital, and there wasn’t anyone else who could look after the youngen. I didn’t have no choice- I had to take her.” Millie Mae spoke quickly, as though anticipating a problem. 

What kind of problem would there be for taking in your neighbors child? Take notice of how she phrases it too- don’t put the blame on Millie, or the children, or even Piper- put the blame on someone he can’t touch. Which is to say, Betty McCloud, the one who put Piper there in the first place. The addition of Millie Mae not having a choice just adds onto the fact that she’s trying not to cause a problem. Or make a problem with her husband, Dick Miller, who proves again to be abusive. 

“Men? You ain’t a man, boy. You dig those fence posts like I told you?”

“Well, Pa, I was...”

“Didn’t think so. If you can’t dig a fence post, how you gonna do this?”

Through this one interaction with Rory Ray, there’s a few things that stand out- how hesitant Rory Ray is to talk to Dick Miller, his father, when he’s upset. Now, we don’t know if Rory Ray did dig the fence posts, but either way, his father isn’t having it. Not only does he dismiss the fact that Rory Ray is wanted and being recruited- he dismisses Rory Ray himself, saying if he’s not going be good at farm work he’s not going to be good at anything. 

(little anecdote here: I live in a small town with a lot of kids who live out in rural areas. The hardest thing about farming is the science, and that’s if you’re serious about going into agriculture as career.)

Then we move on with the phone incident. Dick Miller takes off his belt, and that, I think, is the most compelling evidence of the abuse. I, personally, think that using a belt to discipline your child, or using corporal punishment at all, is abuse. But since Lowland County is a rural area, it’s a general rule that how you discipline your child is up to you, and as long as there aren’t any bruises, no one will say anything. 

Combine that with the fact that even Millie Mae is scared of Dick, I think it’s safe to assume that we’re seeing an abusive and toxic household through the eyes of a thirteen year old who has never been abused or seen it in her life up until now. Combine that with the fact that it’s Piper McCloud and she already sticks out, now she’s sticking out even more and bringing more attention to herself already. She doesn’t know how the rules work, and eventually, she decides she doesn’t care. The act of defiance against their dad cause Rory Ray, the eldest, and Jimmy Joe, the youngest, to team up with Piper. 

She still doesn’t have any powers, and at the moment she’s stuck on the farm, alone, with Rory Ray and Jimmy Joe. It’s not until AnnA teleports to her to bring her news: Conrad and the rest of the gang are trapped in Xanthia because Elder Equilla thinks it is better for them, even when they’re trying to save the world. It takes convincing AnnA that there is hope when it seems like there is none, because that’s what Piper does best. When they get to Xanthia, not only does Piper rally up Chosen Ones to help Outsiders, but she gets Jimmy Joe on her side and Rory Ray. Which is a feat unto itself due to the fact that for all intents and purposes, the Chosen Ones don’t think it’s their problem until Piper says they should be able to think for themselves. 

Then, we get onto the finale of the events- Jimmy Joe vs. Elder Equilla. I think about how Elder Equilla mirrors Mille Mae- both want people to stay in their place and not change anything, but there comes a wrench in those plans. A wrench who’s name is Piper McCloud, who encouraged Jimmy Joe to think about it, really think about it, and now he’s rethinking his priorities- until Elder Equilla says

“Outsiders are wicked and violent, and no good will ever come of them for you or Piper.”

Jimmy Joe stopped dead. Equilla sounded just like his Mother. He had heard his mother say just the same thing about Piper and her friends, and he had believed his mother, believed every word she had said. 

That’s when he realizes his mother is wrong, his father is wrong, and most of all- Equilla is wrong. Whether or not he has a special talent doesn’t matter, what matters in that moment is what Piper wants. And Piper wants to go home. 

Then we have a moment with Piper and the ‘bugs’- who all just want to crawl out. But since they forgot to, Piper uses this moment to try and figure out why- or how, to let the bugs go and finally grow. It’s a moment that she realizes they don’t want to destroy the world, they want out- but they can’t because they can’t remember. 

When she wakes up, Piper is told by Conrad to fly. She hasn’t lost how to fly, but rather, she forgot as well. Since it’s hidden in her, and since the bugs are all a hivemind, if she remembers, then so will the rest of the bugs, and the world will be saved. She has to fly. Piper, ultimately, does remember how to fly. When she does, it saves the world. But first she has to accept that she is herself, first and foremost. She must stop thinking about how others want her to be- including the Millers, including Lowland County, including Conrad. She is Piper McCloud, and she can fly. 

The finale is sweet. Conrad does ask her to the dance, despite the little spat she and Conrad had the earlier week. And since she doesn’t care what is “fashionable” or not, she does herself up and chooses her own dress. It’s not what will capture Conrad’s attention, it’s not about how pretty she is or not- it’s about how she feels, and she finally feels like herself again. She doesn’t need to change herself to be accepted- as long as she is who she is, then she only needs acceptance from herself. 

Obviously the book series isn’t stunning or even the most wonderful writing I’ve ever read. It’s clearly a children’s book and I am but a simple nineteen year old finally finishing a childhood series. Sure it’s an open ending with Max, and with the dragons, but it feels nice. It finally feels like that no matter what, Piper McCloud, Conrad, and everyone is finally happy and finally able to live for themselves. I’m sad that it’s over, obviously, but more than that, I’m happy for these kids. For everything they’ve gone through, they’re finally happy. Which is way better than having a dumb plot twist where someone dies. 

This book series will be missed, but I’m closing the final page with a smile on my face. 

#the girl who could fly #the boy who knew everything #the girl who fell out of the sky #tgwcf #tbwke #tgwfots #piper mccloud series #Piper McCloud #Conrad Harrington #book review #sorry for how long it is but I have SO MANY thoughts and feelings about the book rn

[fishfynns]

Hey so, I'm super pissed off. I manage The Girl Who Could Fly wiki page, and someone went around changing everything to be about My Hero Academia. I ended up waking up early to fix i, and all day at work I had to fix it as well. It was only because this one person kept going around and messing up pages and referencing the anime.

"But Fynn," you ask, "how do you know it was one person?"

I'm not sure if people are aware of this but if you edit a page on wikifandom and don't use an account, it shows your IP address. So when I was going into the edits to undo everything, I saw the IP address repeatedly.

Look I'm not going to post the IP or anything. But I'm just here to say, if you're in this fandom- you don't know how good you've got it in regards to the fandom wiki. Before I came along to fix everything, it was a mess. People were editing the pages like crazy to include headcanons and other things. This was before The Boy Who Knew Everything was even going to be announced and so not only was there that, there were fighting about sequels and what Forester was going to do.

It took me 6-8 hours to fix the wiki to get up to a reasonable state. I was alone and no one else helped me- it was just me and the copy of The Girl Who Could Fly that I've had since I was 9. It was tedious work but at the end of the day I was proud of it. I still am. I still work on the wiki to this day, trying to keep it as polished as possible as one person can.

But for one person to go through and fuck up my six years of hard work- I think I deserve to be pissed off. I know there's others that contribute and edit the wiki, but I feel like I'm the only one who keeps tabs on the wiki as a whole. So I'm begging the tiny fandom that we have here to please keep the wiki as accurate as possible. I need help and I can't keep up with all the assholes that want to troll the wiki.

#The girl who could fly #Tgwcfs #The boy who knew everything #Tbwke #The girl who fell out of the sky #Tgwfots #Piper McCloud series #Victoria Forester #I'm so tired nyall I work 40+ hours a week and this bullshit happens to me at work.

[fishfynns]

eh. doodle of Piper McCloud 

#tgwcf #the girl who could fly #the boy who knew everything #tbwke #tgwfos #the girl who fell out of the sky #piper mccloud series #piper mccloud #I just realized I never really draw for this series #also yes I KNOW she doesn't wear dresses I just love drawing her in one

[fishfynns]

The Miller kids all use tiktok. Rory Ray is tiktok famous bc all he posts are videos of a series he created where he blows things up, and rates the explosions on a scale of 1 to 10. 

#to piss off his dad he pierces his ears #the girl who could fly #the boy who knew everything #the girl who fell out of the sky #piper mccloud series #tgwcf

[girlofmanyfandoms]

say three things about yourself and send an ask like this to the last 7 people in your notifications

1. I have a weird little scar on the center of my hand and my other wrist now, so that’s fun

2. I’m a little too double-jointed

3. I’m in love with the Piper McCloud Series, read it now-

(And thank you, Tay!)