Girl on a Plane

By Miriam Moss

Jordan, 1970.
After a summer spent with her family, fifteen-year-old Anna is travelling back to her English boarding school alone. But her plane never makes it home.
Anna’s flight is hijacked by Palestinian guerrillas. They land the plane in the Jordanian desert, switch off the engines and issue their demands. If these are not met within three days, they will blow up the plane, killing all the hostages.
The heat on board becomes unbearable; food and water supplies dwindle. Anna begins to face the possibility she may never see her family again.
Time is running out . . .

Based on true events, this is a story about ordinary people facing agonizing horror, of courage and resilience.

• Language: English
• Publisher: Andersen Digital
• Release date: Sep 3, 2015
• ISBN: 9781448188260

Miriam Moss

Miriam Moss was born in England but grew up in Africa, China and the Middle East and now lives in East Sussex with her family. In 1970, on her way back to boarding school in the UK, her plane was hijacked by Palestinian terrorists. Girl on a Plane is her story. Visit her website at http://miriammoss.com/

Reviews for Girl on a Plane

[janarose1 · Rating: 5 out of 5 stars]

While on a flight to London, Miriam Moss’s plane is hijacked by the PLF. The pilot is forced to fly the plan into the desert, where terrorists place bombs around the plane. The hijackers demand that one of their comrades is released from prison or else the plane and everyone inside will be blown up. This was a fascinating book. I just couldn’t put it down. I would love to read more from this author!

[deltaqueen50 · Rating: 4 out of 5 stars]

Fifteen year old Anna is flying back to England for school after spending the summer with her family in Bahrain. Her plane is hijacked by Palestinian guerrillas and forced to land in the Jordanian desert. Demands are made to the British government and if these demands are not met, the guerrillas are planning on blowing the plane up with all the passengers on board. Thus begins Girl on a Plane by Miriam Moss, a YA story that was tense and suspenseful yet also felt very real.Anna has to endure during four days of watching the clock count down, living through extreme desert conditions while on starvation rations and very little water. With a growing sense of desperation, she wonders if she will ever see her family again.At the end of the book I discovered that this scenario actually happened to the author when she was fifteen. Girl on a Plane is about ordinary people living through extraordinary circumstances and I for one, was totally engrossed by this story.

[sgilbraith-1 · Rating: 4 out of 5 stars]

This was a book that was hard to put down. I remember the hijackings of the 1970s and can never forget the devastation of 9/11. This book may be a work of fiction but the author lived out this event. In doing so, she is able to vividly portray the emotions, fears, and mind jarring realities that a person living through a situation like this experiences.

This book will be added to my high school library shelves soon.