Flight #116 Is Down (Point) | Caroline B. Cooney

Flight #116 Is Down (Point) | Caroline B. Cooney | AHHHHH!!!! SO GOOD!

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	Flight #116 Is Down (Point) Caroline B. Cooney Scholastic Paperbacks, 1997 - 208 pages average customer review:based on 83 reviews view larger image
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highly recommended

An award-winning dramatic thriller finds a young girl confronting her fears and making heroic efforts at the terrifying scene of a crashed 747. Reissue. AB. PW. "

Edge-of-your-seat reading

Caroline B. Cooney won a new fan with "Flight #116 Is Down." In addition to my own personal choices for reading, I also read many of the books I order for the PK3 through 8 school library where I am librarian. "Flight" quickly became a hot check-out with the middle school students. I finally had to invoke librarian privilege and sneak it out.

Action thrillers begin one of two ways--on page one or a slow steady buildup. "Flight" begins with short introductions to the two main characters on ground and several passengers of the airplane. So many characters caused me to flip back several times during the crash (not a spoiler: look at the title!) and afterwards. But I like that Cooney establishes this cast early on because...nope, no spoilers.

It is the "afterwards" that is the focus of the novel. Learning how crashes are handled is one thing, but reading/watching how the aftermath turns some people into courageous heroes is yet another. Flight 116 crashes in the heavily wooded area on the back side of the estate of Heidi's parents, both out of town this particular weekend. Heidi has never been a stand-out at anything--until this weekend. She becomes one of those courageous heroes.

Patrick, the other high school student and main character, serves as a volunteer on an emergency rescue squad in Nearing River, Connecticut. He wishes for more than just a "Mrs. Hill has fallen and needs to be taken to the emergency room." And he gets it!

Most of the novel revolves around the rescue effort, stymied severely by the single, narrow, winding road to the estate and the crash beyond, during a cold, rainy winter night. The description of the crash area forces the reader's heart into the throat because of the nature of the crash, the amazing number of people who survive, and the great heroic efforts of local emergency response teams in the initial work to rescue those survivors. Heidi opens her house and food shelves to both victims and workers.

Make no mistake, this is not great literature, but it is great reading. When I rate a book by stars, I always consider the audience and type of book. When I give five stars to "Lord of the Flies" and five stars to this novel, I am not saying they are equal. But I am saying that each in its own category represents the best without flaws. "Flight #116 Is Down" is certainly a best in the category of young adult action drama and a reason to read more Cooney.

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AHHHHH!!!! SO GOOD!

This is such a great book!!!!!! The stories are so intricately interwoven that you get to know even the lesser characters well. It is amazing, and definitely Cooney's best! I cry every time I read this book...it's awesome!

Flight #116 is down is a good book

Jake Abbott

Book review
Flight #116 is down

My book review is about Flight #116 Is Down by: Caroline B. Cooney. It about a
kid named Patrick and his friend Heidi. They live in a town near New York and they both
want something different. There are other characters in the story but Patrick and
Heidi are the main characters.
Patrick is about 12, He works as a junior for ambulance calls. He wants there to be a disaster. He is a junior so he doesn't get credit for anything, only for helping. He wants to clean up a disaster so he can get some credit. But there is a problem. He is in a town were nothing bad happens. Heidi is a unpopular rich teen-aged girl. She doesn't want there to be a disaster. She likes the nice quiet town. But when the disaster happens she thinks everything is her fault but it's not.
My favorite part was when the plane crashed. All the action started. I think you should read this because it has a lot of stories and it is a fun book to read. The title to me just makes you want to read the book.
If you like action books this is the book to read. It has lots of characters with different stories and different problems. You'll like this book. Have fun and enjoy!

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My Flight #116 is Down Book Review

I've now added Flight #116 is Down to my all-time favorite books list. This wonderful adventure book was written by Caroline B. Cooney, and I really enjoyed reading it. Actually, to tell the truth, it started off quite slow... It took me about an hour and a half to read only the first forty pages. However, right around there, things become very interesting, as the characters' lives turn around in a sudden instance of action. This book is about a massive plane that malfunctions in the air and makes a terrifying crash into the woods beyond Heidi Landseth's mansion. Heidi, who is home alone, and will be for the next couple of days, knows that she is the only one that can help with the situation for now. Later, police, ambulances, and firemen arrive at the deadly scene, and for the next few days, almost everybody in the community join together in helping hands to rescue the passengers... Well, those who haven't already died.
As you can see, this book is fantastic. I love how the author made the entire crisis apparent through a teenager's (Heidi's) point of view. The story teaches you moral or two about life in general, like that you should enjoy every moment that you have before it all escapes from you. I recommend this book to pretty much anyone from a teen to an adult. Even if you're not interested in adventure books, I am positive that you'll find yourself attached to this one, as it includes many other genres/aspects, such as romance, as well.

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Mostly Realistic, But Bad Romance

When a huge passenger airplane crashes down in the middle of a field in Connecticut, there is good news and bad news. The good news is that so many people on board survived the crash landing. The bad news is that parts of the plane are burning, the weather is wet and slippery, and the field is in a remote part of town, hard to get to and hard to get out of. Heidi lives in the nearest house; her family actually owns the land where the plane crashed. She has always been a pretty average person, but now she needs to make herself do some extraordinary things in order to help save the lives of the passengers on this plane.

Patrick is a high school student and a trained EMT on the volunteer squad in town. He ends up being one of the first responders to Heidi's emergency phone call. Although the tragedy is huge, he can't help being excited at this opportunity to prove himself and to really save lives. He relishes the chance to make an actual difference in his world and to do something so meaningful.

As other volunteers arrive on the scene, we are able to see parts of their personal lives and their thoughts on the tragedy. We also get some insight into the thoughts of the passengers who were traveling on that plane. The book paints a horrifying picture of a disaster, and highlights the heroic and sometimes completely random efforts of those who try to save people from such a disaster.

I thought this book was realistic in its portrayal of what people would feel after a plane crash. I liked that the characters were true to themselves throughout the book. People who started off with a bad side stayed that way throughout the book, instead of having major revelations and turning good in the middle. I didn't like the romance that developed, though. It was formulaic and the book would have been stronger without it.

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