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 Flight is the hilarious and tragic story of an orphaned Indian boy - "Zits" - who travels back and forth through time in a charged search for his true identity. With powerful, swift prose, Flight follows the troubled teenager as he learns that violence is not the answer.

The journey begins as he's about to commit a massive act of violence. At the moment of decision, he finds himself shot back through time to awaken in the body of an FBI agent during the civil-rights era. It's only the first stop. He continues through time to inhabit the body of an Indian child during the battle at Little Bighorn and then rides with an 1800s Indian tracker before materializing as an airline pilot jetting through the skies today.

During these furious travels, his refrain is: "Who's to judge?" and "I don't understand humans." When he returns to his own life, he is transformed by all he's seen.

©2007 Sherman Alexie (P)2008 Blackstone Audio, Inc. Americas Coming of Age Fiction Genre Fiction Historical Fiction Indigenous Peoples Library & Museum Studies Literary Fiction Social Sciences United States Words, Language & Grammar World Literature Native American Witty Aviation American Indian

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"Captivating...one quickly surrenders to Zits' voice, which elegantly mixes free-floating young adult cynicism with a charged, idiosyncratic view of American history. Alexie plunges the book into bracing depths." ( Publishers Weekly)
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The reading was great. Really enjoyed the nerrators contributions to make the story come alive. As a teen I used to read Sherman Alexies books all the time. Still enjoyed this book even as an adult. Poetic depiction of life with all its beautiful and ugly colours.

Well read

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Another Audible Plus gem, I started listening to without high expectations. How wrong was I!
Short, moving and funny novel indeed.

Heart-rending and funny

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Beautifully written. Beautifully read by Adam Beach. What a voice that man has. Gutted to read about the author's treatment of other people but didn't hear about that until I was engrossed.

Beautiful!

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I enjoyed this book overall and it was well narrated. There was just one thing which drove me crazy: the word "cavalry" appears many times in one section and either the author couldn't spell it or the narrator couldn't say it because every single time it came out as Calvary (the town where Jesus Christ was crucified). Other than that it was rather good, if shorter than i usually like.

interesting listen

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If I was American, and more pertinently Native American, I might have appreciated the story more. Having said that, if the history was accurate, I learned some stuff. 🙂

There were a couple of chapters, one in particular, that seemed completely irrelevant to the story and could have been left out.

It was a short book which was probably just as well as I might otherwise have given up but I stuck with it as the plot took shape and I was pleased with the ending.

I love time travel novels, particularly if there is some logic or explanation to them, but in this book there is none, there is no continuity, it just happens.

The narration was good apart from the continual use of the wrong word for cavalry. (Calvary). Small but annoying 🙄

If you want a quick book, consider this but don't expect a literary masterpiece.

The jury is out on this one...

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