To my wife and best friend, Amanda, with all my deepest love and admiration. You are my life.
Finally, I must especially thank readers of this book. These words are completely inadequate in expressing how grateful I am to those who have taken the time to read my work. I marvel at the thought that even in this age of infinite distraction you have chosen to spend your valuable time with a story I wrote. I can never thank you enough or repay you for your kindness, but I promise I will do my very best to continue to offer the best stories I know how to write. Thank you once again. I wish you the very best.
About the Author
Trent Reedy is the author of Words in the Dust, which was inspired by his experiences as a member of the National Guard in Afghanistan in 2004–2005. Words in the Dust was named an Al Roker’s Book Club pick on the Today Show, an ALA Best Fiction for Young Adults selection, and to the ALA’s Amelia Bloomer Project list. Born and raised in Iowa, where he taught high school English, Trent and his wife now live in Spokane, Washington. Please visit his website at www.trentreedy.com.
Copyright
Text copyright © 2012 by Trent Reedy
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Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data
Reedy, Trent.
Stealing air / Trent Reedy. — 1st ed.
p. cm.
Summary: Three sixth-grade boys band together to build an experimental aircraft, enduring social and practical difficulties in the process.
ISBN: 978-0-545-38307-3 (hardcover : alk. paper)
[1. Inventions — Fiction. 2. Airplanes — Fiction. 3. Friendship — Fiction.] I. Title.
PZ7.R25423St 2012
[Fic] — dc23
2011046290
First edition, October 2012
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