Moss’ excellent writing has seen her author 75 amazing children’s books. I instantly liked Moss’ style of writing and read this amusing book in a jiffy. The front cover engages the conflicting matter, making a strong connection to the plot of the story and imaginative responses about the surroundings and the setting. Arushi: When you ask for a librarian's recommendation for an adventurous book that belongs to the 'modern history' genre, they will probably pick ‘Girl on a Plane’ by Miriam Moss. Even though certain potentially dangerous issues happened, I didn’t feel that they were represented in a way to ‘appeal’ to readers, in that I never felt any fear when reading about them I never connected to Anna in any way.Īll in all, I personally felt the story was relatively anti-climactic, but when considering the fact that the author wrote the book a long time after the event, and taking into account that she was only fifteen at the time, the hazy details are understandable.Ģ. After the initial introduction, the rest of the story revolved around boredom and waiting, which made me feel bored. This is not possible as her dad works for the army so they have to keep moving from country to country. I was inspired at it sounded like a thrilling story, but what really excited me was the fact that something similar had happened to the writer, Miriam Moss! As soon as I read the first word I was entranced in the adventures of Anna surviving in a plane in the middle of the Jordanian desert, while water supplies dwindle as well as tolerating the abusive behaviour she gets from her hijackers, the P.F.L.P (Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine).Īnna is a 16 year old girl who would like to spend more than a year with her family, in the same country.

Labeeb: The girl on the plane moved my heart all the way to the Jordanian desert where this breath taking story took place.

Girl on a Plane by Miriam Moss