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Avatar: The Last Airbender: The Search, Part 2 by Gene Luen Yang
Bad Island by Doug TenNapel
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Country Road ABC by Arthur Geisert
A Dance for Emilia by Peter S. Beagle
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Flight by Sherman Alexie
Fool Moon by Jim Butcher
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How I Stole Johnny Depp's Alien Girlfriend by Gary Ghislain
The Journey of Tunuri and the Blue Deer by James Endredy
Leo Geo and His Miraculous Journey Through the Center of the Earth by Jon Chad
The Lost Treasure of Tuckernuck by Emily Fairlie
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Natural History by Justina Robson
On Stranger Tides by Tim Powers
The One and Only Ivan by Katherine Applegate
The Port Chicago 50 by Steve Sheinkin
Rust: Secrets of the Cell by Royden Lepp
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Tiger Trek by Ted Lewin
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Flight: 02/05/14

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Flight by Sherman Alexie is about Zits, a half Caucasian, half Native American teenager, trying to make his mark on the world as he's bumped from home to home in the Seattle foster care system. Feeling he has no where else to turn, he finds himself in the middle of a bank robbery where he is shot.

Flight could have been about a life wasted — a look back on what went wrong for Zits. But it isn't. Instead, Zit's in that moment where his life flashes before his eyes, is given a chance to travel through time, experiencing crucial moments of Native American history.

It's a short book — part science fiction, part coming of age. Although the language and situations are for older readers, it reminded me of Holes and Small Steps by Louis Sachar.

Four stars

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