Dirt Bikes, Drones, and Other Ways to Fly

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."

About the author

Conrad Wesselhoeft lives with his three children and a big, grinning poodle named Django, in West Seattle.

Product details

• Authors: Conrad Wesselhoeft
• Publisher: Houghton Mifflin Company
• Languages: English
• Age Recommendation: from age 12
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 15.09.2015
• EAN: 9780544542617
• ISBN: 978-0-544-54261-7
• No. of pages: 352
• Dimensions: 140 mm x 210 mm x 23 mm
• Weight: 299 g
• Subjects: Children's and young people's books; YOUNG ADULT FICTION: Family / Siblings *, YOUNG ADULT FICTION: Action & Adventure / General *, YOUNG ADULT FICTION: Law & Crime *, YOUNG ADULT FICTION: Social Themes / Violence *, YOUNG ADULT FICTION: Social Themes / Emotions & Feelings *, YOUNG ADULT FICTION: Travel & Transportation / General *, YOUNG ADULT FICTION: Social Themes / Values & Virtues *, YOUNG ADULT FICTION: Family / Parents *, YOUNG ADULT FICTION: Sports & Recreation / General *, YOUNG ADULT FICTION: Computers & Digital Media *, YOUNG ADULT FICTION: People & Places / Middle East *