Rudy Soto has always believed that people could fly

Author: Byrd Baylor
Illustrator: Peter Parnall
Format: Paperback
Published: Aladdin Paperbacks, 1976

Rudy Soto has always believed that people could fly - if they tried hard enough or used the right magic. So he captures a hawk and keeps it close to him in the hopes that it will teach him how to soar through the sky. But when Rudy sees how dreadfully unhappy the hawk is, he knows he must set it free. In doing so, he finally, mysteriously, learns how to fly.