Miriam Moss (1)

Fifteen year old Anna is flying back to England for school after spending the summer with her family in Bahrain. Her plane is hijacked by Palestinian guerrillas and forced to land in the Jordanian desert. Demands are made to the British government and if these demands are not met, the guerrillas are planning on blowing the plane up with all the passengers on board. Thus begins Girl on a Plane by Miriam Moss, a YA story that was tense and suspenseful yet also felt very real.

Anna has to endure show more during four days of watching the clock count down, living through extreme desert conditions while on starvation rations and very little water. With a growing sense of desperation, she wonders if she will ever see her family again.

At the end of the book I discovered that this scenario actually happened to the author when she was fifteen. Girl on a Plane is about ordinary people living through extraordinary circumstances and I for one, was totally engrossed by this story. show less

"This day might be my last."

This is an incredibly unique story - about a young girl who is flying back to boarding school and her plane in hijacked and lands in the Jordan dessert. There are few novels that tackle this topic, especially YA. It's a survival story but it also is about experiencing horrors as a young 15 year old girl and how she combats the panic and fear and who she is strong for.

I especially appreciate that this is based on a true story of the author. It was incredibly brave show more of her to write it. I really appreciated David and Tim but also Anna's observations of the adults on the plane - the way they cracked and how they let panic seep out into their interactions with other hostages and the hijackers. I also appreciated the perspective of a 15 year old and she tried to understand why they would hijack her plane and what their reasoning was.

But I did like the horrible Lady Mac (as they nicknamed her). She was this horrible reality that hung over their heads. This is a well crafted story of survival and inner strength. I'm so glad I read it. show less

This was a book that was hard to put down. I remember the hijackings of the 1970s and can never forget the devastation of 9/11. This book may be a work of fiction but the author lived out this event. In doing so, she is able to vividly portray the emotions, fears, and mind jarring realities that a person living through a situation like this experiences.

This book will be added to my high school library shelves soon.

Cute story of how a baby snow bear lost its mother and decides to make a snow bear mother out of snow until his mom finds him. I love how all of the snow animals help him build his snow mother. Great wintertime story for young ones!