Flight

Flight is by Sherman Alexie. Zits is a young half blood Native American who has spent his life in foster homes after his mother dies and his father disappears. As he is about to commit a terrible crime he finds himself thrown back in time. He finds himself in the bodies of different people: an Indian tracker, a modern pilot, an FBI agent during the civil rights era, a young Indian boy at Little Big Horn. Each materialization teaches him something about himself. When he returns to the present he finds he is changed by his experiences. This book contains quite a bit of profanity, but that is not surprising given the intense nature of the story. Alexie is well known for his powerful writing. A moving story with a touching ending.

Ratings: 11th grade - 9 out of 10 - P (profanity) - AC (mature thematic content) - V (violence) - S (non graphic sexual content).