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Flight: A Novel by Sherman Alexie

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Title: Flight: A Novel  Author: Sherman Alexie ASIN: B00FEZ25IQ  My verdict: 5 stars Highly recommended! Ever wondered what's it like to really walk in the shoes of others? In this book, Zits (an angry, lonely, 15 year-old half Native American, half Irish orphan), did. Influenced by his new-found friend, whose name is, coincidentally, JusTice, Zits set out to rob a bank, with the intention to hurt and kill, to pay back for all the pain and disappointment the society put him through. This incident literally changed his life.  As soon as he pulled the trigger at the bank, he went on an unexpected time-traveling journey. He walked in the shoes of an FBI agent during the civil rights movement, a mute Indian boy during the Battle of Little Bighorn, an Indian tracker, an airplane pilot.  This journey, while baffled him at times, also allowed him to find himself; to see  and experience the love and kindness, hate and anger, and the choices mad...