{"product_id":"dirt-bikes-drones-and-other-ways-to-fly-paperback","title":"Dirt Bikes, Drones, and Other Ways to Fly - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eConrad Wesselhoeft\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eSeventeen-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.\"\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBut when the video game missions become real-life military operations, where does the game end and the war begin?\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cb\u003eVideo Gamer Recruited by Military: \u003c\/b\u003e Arlo Santiago is the number one ranked player in the combat game Drone Pilot. Now the Air Force wants him to fly the real thing, targeting enemies in Pakistan from a screen in New Mexico.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cb\u003eHigh-Stakes Moral Dilemma: \u003c\/b\u003e What starts as a paycheck to help his sick sister quickly becomes a series of life-and-death choices where the line between right and wrong is blurred by distance.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cb\u003eComplex Family Drama: \u003c\/b\u003e In the shadow of his mother's recent death, Arlo must navigate his relationship with his struggling single father and his fierce loyalty to his sister, Siouxsie.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cb\u003eAction-Packed Teen Adventure: \u003c\/b\u003e Filled with daredevil motorcycle stunts, fast-paced action, and the vividly drawn landscape of the New Mexico high desert.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eConrad Wesselhoeft\u003c\/b\u003e has worked on the editorial staff of five newspapers and is the author of another Houghton Mifflin Harcourt title, \u003ci\u003eAdios, Nirvana\u003c\/i\u003e. He has three children and lives in Seattle, Washington, with a big grinning poodle named Django.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 352\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 1 x 8.1 x 5.4 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e September 15, 2015\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \n                \u003cdiv\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAccelerated Reader:\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n                \n                \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eQuiz Name:\u003c\/strong\u003e Dirt Bikes, Drones, and Other Ways to Fly\u003c\/div\u003e\n                \n                \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eInterest Level:\u003c\/strong\u003e Upper Grades, 9-12\u003c\/div\u003e\n                \n                \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eReading Level:\u003c\/strong\u003e 4.3\u003c\/div\u003e\n                \n                \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePoint Value:\u003c\/strong\u003e 10\u003c\/div\u003e\n                \n            ","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":53055907168480,"sku":"9780544542617","price":11.19,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0811\/5909\/4496\/files\/TI53GGXpag9780544542617.webp?v=1781348124","url":"https:\/\/improvedinc.myshopify.com\/products\/dirt-bikes-drones-and-other-ways-to-fly-paperback","provider":"Improved Improper Input Inc.","version":"1.0","type":"link"}