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Flight on Fire Mountain
Josh looked back at the valley. The fire was halfway up the mountain. He had noticed the smoke intensify in the clearing while he was adding weights to the harness, but knew time was too critical to check the progress the fire had made in the valley. It was coming whether he was ready to launch or not. He worked frantically while not looking up. For Josh, a seventeen-year-old paraglider, the past year has been a time of change and adjustment. After his parents' divorce, Josh struggles with his new relationships with his stepfamily and is torn by his loyalty to both parents.On his way to deliver a paraglider for his father, Josh is caught in a raging forest fire as it blasts through the San Bernardino Mountains. He seeks refuge in a cabin, but the flames soon consume it. As a last resort, Josh is forced to take flight in high winds in a glider that was made for someone his father's size. His frantic flight against time and the elements becomes even more complicated when he encounters a terrified eight-year-old camper, Theresa Rodriguez, who has been separated from her family and is trapped on a mountain trail.Does Josh have the skills necessary to carry out the dangerous tandem flight before the raging inferno engulfs them?
94 pages, Paperback
First published January 1, 2006
About the author
Tim Lane
44 books11 followersTim Lane is a licensed paraglider pilot and a registered nurse. He has a BS in biology and an associate’s degree in nursing.
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January 9, 2010
Hi,
I am biased about this book since I am a coauthor. However if you are interested in a novel for your teenager that is free of sex and profanity, please check it out. Below is a review that has been posted on BookReview.com.
Flight on Fire Mountain” is an intriguing coming of age story about a teenaged boy who grows up in the hours that he must survive a forest fire. It’s a gripping book that reads just like watching an action movie. Josh Randal is the child of a broken family. His parents are divorced, and “paragliding was just about the only thing he and his dad did together anymore.”
As I read about Josh, I realized that author Tim Lane has a true understanding of familial relationships. He gets what it’s like to be a teenager, to have so many things you want to do while parents won’t let you have the freedom to do them. He even understands how difficult it can be to be taught a skill by a parent! Josh wants to spend time with his father, win his father’s approval, and be independent from him all at the same time.
While Josh’s story of surviving a forest fire by paragliding over it is the main one, Lane masterfully interweaves the stories of the child Theresa, the reporter Stephanie, and the five campers. While each story effects the main storyline, they also serve to contrast between childhood and adulthood, and they particularly show how Josh grows into an effective adult free from the childish whims that often infect the lives and decisions of adults. Not only does Josh survive the forest fire and grow into a man that day, but he also learns to be confident with himself, a lesson many adults have yet to learn.
I am biased about this book since I am a coauthor. However if you are interested in a novel for your teenager that is free of sex and profanity, please check it out. Below is a review that has been posted on BookReview.com.
Flight on Fire Mountain” is an intriguing coming of age story about a teenaged boy who grows up in the hours that he must survive a forest fire. It’s a gripping book that reads just like watching an action movie. Josh Randal is the child of a broken family. His parents are divorced, and “paragliding was just about the only thing he and his dad did together anymore.”
As I read about Josh, I realized that author Tim Lane has a true understanding of familial relationships. He gets what it’s like to be a teenager, to have so many things you want to do while parents won’t let you have the freedom to do them. He even understands how difficult it can be to be taught a skill by a parent! Josh wants to spend time with his father, win his father’s approval, and be independent from him all at the same time.
While Josh’s story of surviving a forest fire by paragliding over it is the main one, Lane masterfully interweaves the stories of the child Theresa, the reporter Stephanie, and the five campers. While each story effects the main storyline, they also serve to contrast between childhood and adulthood, and they particularly show how Josh grows into an effective adult free from the childish whims that often infect the lives and decisions of adults. Not only does Josh survive the forest fire and grow into a man that day, but he also learns to be confident with himself, a lesson many adults have yet to learn.
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