If I Had the Wings of an Angel
Story Stats
Rating: 3
Grade Level: 4, 5, 6, 7
Page count: 6
Author
Joe
Haldeman
Appeared in
2041: Twelve Short Stories About the Future
Story Summary
In a city beneath a dome on a barren planet, children are given wings. Marianne, no longer a child and saddened by her loss of her wings, takes to the air one last time to remember the freedom and harmony of flying.