| Unaccompanied Minor Contributor(s): Gillespie, Hollis (Author) |
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ISBN: 1440567735 ISBN-13: 9781440567735 Publisher: Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers OUR PRICE: $16.19 Product Type: Hardcover - Other Formats Published: January 2014 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Young Adult Fiction | Social Themes - Runaways - Young Adult Fiction | Mysteries & Detective Stories |
| Dewey: FIC |
| LCCN: 2013032224 |
| Lexile Measure: 1050 |
| Physical Information: 1.1" H x 5.8" W x 8.5" (1.00 lbs) 256 pages |
| Accelerated Reader Info |
| Quiz #: 164036 Reading Level: 6.7 Interest Level: Middle Grades Point Value: 10.0 |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: Fourteen-year-old April May Manning spent her life on airplanes with her flight attendant parents. When her father dies in a crash, April's mom marries a pilot who turns out to be an abusive jerk, and gets Mom confined to a psychiatric hospital. So April takes off, literally, living on airplanes, using her mother's flight benefits, relying on the flight crews who know she's been shuttling between divorcing parents for a year. Then, there's a hijacking, but why is April's dad on board? April flees to the cargo hold with another unaccompanied minor she's met before, and they fight to thwart the hijackers, faking a fire, making weapons from things they find in luggage. At last, locked in the cockpit with a wounded police officer, the boy, and his service dog, April tries to remember everything her parents said to do in a crisis above the clouds. But she knows it won't be enough. |