Dirt Bikes, Drones, and Other Ways to Fly - Brossura

Wesselhoeft, Conrad

Brossura

ISBN 10: 0544542614 ISBN 13: 9780544542617

Casa editrice: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 2015

Riassunto

Seventeen year-old dirt-bike-riding daredevil Arlo Santiago catches the eye of the U.S. military with his first-place ranking on a video game featuring drone warfare, and he must reconcile the work they want him to do with the emotional scars he carries following a violent death in his family. 15,000 first printing.

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Recensione:

“Readers will worry, laugh and ultimately soar along with Arlo as he finds his way. Nuanced supporting characters and a vivid New Mexico landscape ground Arlo’s dilemma, creating a superbly well-balanced narrative.”—Kirkus, starred review

“A moving story about loss, love, and learning to let go.”—School Library Journal

“Wesselhoeft’s mesmerizing descriptions of Arlo’s New Mexico home...and giddy exhiliration when he’s riding his Yamaha bike...will keep readers in the thrill of the moment.”—Publishers Weekly

“Features both a supporting cast lit up with larger-than-life characters and a protagonist who loves flying recklessly close to the edge but makes right choices in the clutch.”—Booklist

Product Description:

Seventeen-year-old Arlo Santiago lives for the Drone Zone that free, joyful, anti-gravity feeling. He achieves the Zone with risky motorcycle stunts on New Mexico roads, or while playing his favorite video game, Drone Pilot. His gaming skills are so off-the-charts, he s recruited by the U.S. Air Force to remotely operate real-life drones in Pakistan. How can he refuse the paycheck when his little sister s health is at stake? This pull-no-punches novel soars, with poetic style, focus on friends and family, philosophical life-and-death musings, and vividly drawn setting of a land at the intersection of mesa dust and tractor rust. "

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• Editore: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
• Data di pubblicazione: 2015
• ISBN 10: 0544542614
• ISBN 13: 9780544542617
• Rilegatura: Copertina flessibile
• Numero di pagine: 341