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Flight: A Novel
Flight: A Novel

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Author: Sherman Alexie
Publisher: Grove Press, Black Cat
Category: Book

List Price: $13.00
Buy New: $11.65
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Avg. Customer Rating: 4.5 out of 5 stars 57 reviews
Sales Rank: 514427

Format: Bargain Price
Media: Paperback
Number Of Items: 1
Pages: 208
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.6
Dimensions (in): 8.1 x 5.5 x 0.7

Dewey Decimal Number: 813.54
ASIN: B0018SWABU

Publication Date: April 17, 2007
Availability: Usually ships in 1-2 business days

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Editorial Reviews:

Product Description
The best-selling author of multiple award-winning books returns with his first novel in ten years, a powerful, fast and timely story of a troubled foster teenager — a boy who is not a “legal” Indian because he was never claimed by his father — who learns the true meaning of terror. About to commit a devastating act, the young man finds himself shot back through time on a shocking sojourn through moments of violence in American history. He resurfaces in the form of an FBI agent during the civil rights era, inhabits the body of an Indian child during the battle at Little Big Horn, and then rides with an Indian tracker in the 19th Century before materializing as an airline pilot jetting through the skies today. When finally, blessedly, our young warrior comes to rest again in his own contemporary body, he is mightily transformed by all he’s seen. This is Sherman Alexie at his most brilliant — making us laugh while breaking our hearts. Simultaneously wrenching and deeply humorous, wholly contemporary yet steeped in American history, Flight is irrepressible, fearless, and again, groundbreaking Alexie.



Customer Reviews:   Read 52 more reviews...

5 out of 5 stars One of the boldest and touching fictions.   November 13, 2008
This is definitely one of the boldest and moving fiction books out there. Really goes deep into human psychology and the notion of betrayal.


5 out of 5 stars Come and check out this FANTASTIC EVENT for FLIGHT   September 12, 2008
Hey everyone! I just wanted to let you know there is a GREAT event coming up almost a week away in New York City. The American Place Theatre's Festival: Literature to Life is performing a theatrical adaptation of FLIGHT by Sherman Alexie on September 21st, 2008. Don't miss out on this wonderful opportunity to see this moving piece of literature come to life. Here's the information and can't wait to see you there!

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4 out of 5 stars FLIGHT: Book Review   August 17, 2008
FLIGHT, by Sherman Alexie was a violent, yet always humorous book. In this action-packed adventure-fiction novel, the main character, Zits, passes through the body of several people involved with Native Americans during the Native American genocide era.
In the beginning of FLIGHT, Zits meets a 17-year-old boy named Justice, who teaches him to enjoy killing. Later, Zits visits a bank in downtown Seattle, where he shoots several people with a paint-ball-gun and a pistol. Zits is then transferred to the body of a white FBI agent in the 1970's. Next he becomes a Native American boy during the battle at Little Bighorn. Afterwards, Zits inhabits the body of a Native American tracker in the 19th century. Finally, he becomes a pilot of a small plane in the 21st century...
As I said before, FLIGHT is a very funny book; however, some of the humor may not be appropriate for children 12 and under. It has a great ending (which I'm not going to spoil). One annoying thing is that when Zits transfers to a new body, there are a lot of boring details that follow. Another bothersome thing is the main character's nickname throughout the course of the story.
FLIGHT left me satisfied. It was a great summer read. I suggest this book to anyone looking for a fun book to enjoy.



5 out of 5 stars One of Alexie's Best   July 17, 2008
This book is a personal favorite of mine. Sherman Alexie never ceases to surprise, entertain, or inform me. This story is a fictional work that brings much needed attention to several issues including but not limited to race, class, child abuse, the astonishing rate of alcoholism in native Americans, the struggle many foster children face on a daily basis, the ability of people to be indifferent, as well as their incredible capacity to care. This book took me through every range of emotion, and yes, big sap that I am, I did cry at the end.


5 out of 5 stars Powerful   July 5, 2008
Alexie tackles some tough topics. This book is in no way easy, but it is a great and ultimately very satisfying book.

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