Fly Away Home

Official movie tie-in to the Columbia Pictures film -- a thrilling family adventure inspired by a true story, starring Jeff Daniels and Anna Paquin, from the team who made The Black Stallion -- with 16 pages of color stills!When 13-year-old Amy Alden (Anna Paquin) reunites with her estranged father (Jeff Daniels), the transition is not easy, especially since he is an eccentric inventor living on a remote farm in Canada. Everything changes, however, when Amy discovers an abandoned nest of goose eggs. The newborn geese immediately identify Amy as their "mother" and are soon following her everywhere, getting underfoot and basically becoming part of the family. Unfortunately, the geese must also heed Nature's call to migrate for the winter and, with no adult geese to act as navigator, Amy convinces her father to apply his scientific skills and use his Ultra-light plane to guide them south. Eventually, the two take to the skies in twin planes, embarking on a unique adventure that no one will ever forget.Though a fictional story, FlyAway Home is grounded in scientific fact and real experience. The Jeff Daniels character is modeled after Bill Lishman, the Canadian artist who really did teach geese to fly. His "Operation Migration", featured on ABC-TV's 20/20, proved that wildfowl can be imprinted to Ultra-light aircraft and taught new, safer migration routes. His own adventures are described in his autobiography entitled Father Goose.Hermes, Patricia is the author of 'Fly Away Home', published 2005 under ISBN 9781557043085 and ISBN 1557043086.