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Flight

  • 2003 first published
  • 181 pages
  • ★ 4.0 (3 ratings)
  • 6 editions

Sherman Alexie's Flight (2003) is a historical fantasy and time-travel fiction novel. It deals with foster children, Indians of North America, teenage boys and orphans.

Open Library readers give it an average of 4.0 out of 5 from 3 ratings, and 54 more have it on their want-to-read list. It has been published in 6 editions.

It runs to roughly 181 pages — 3–4 hours of reading at an average pace.

About Flight

181 pages ; 21 cm550L Lexile
Description from Open Library

Themes, setting & tropes

Genres

Subjects

  • Foster children
  • Indians of North America
  • Teenage boys
  • Scouting, Reconnaissance
  • Little Bighorn, Battle of the, Mont., 1876
  • Orphans
  • American Indian Movement
  • Native Americans
  • Science fiction
  • Terrorism
  • Time travel
  • Indian foster children
  • Race relations
  • Fantasy fiction
  • Violence in adolescence
  • Treatment of Indians

Quick answers

Who wrote Flight?

Flight was written by Sherman Alexie and first published in 2003.

What genre is Flight?

It is usually shelved as Historical Fantasy and Time Travel.

How long is Flight?

The median edition has 181 pages, about 3–4 hours of reading at 250 words per minute.

What books are similar to Flight?

Readers who like it often enjoy Hollow City, A Breath of Snow and Ashes and The Fiery Cross.

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