Getting Air by Dan Gutman

This is real good fun. I usually describe this book as a cross between Hatchet and Transworld Skateboarding magazine, and that if liked either one of these you'll like Getting Air.

Jimmy, David and Henry are psyched. It's summer, school's out, and they are on their way to California, where they'll be able to do some major skating. But on the plane the unthinkable happens: They are hijacked by terrorists. As frightened as they may be, they take action and they succeed - sort of. They may have beaten the terrorists, but now their plane has crashed in the middle of nowhere and all of a sudden their summer vacation is about finding food, water, shelter and to get rescued. Can three twelve-year-old boys find a way to survive without fast food and skate parks?

Hope you'll find time to check this one out.

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