‘This book was based on the author’s own experience when she was fifteen’
This story starts in 1970s Jordan, where a 15-year-old girl called Anna is getting ready to fly to England. Her family has heard news of planes being hijacked, but Anna (who is travelling alone) is not frightened. Nothing could ever happen to her, could it?
However, her plane is hijacked by members of the PFLP – the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine. They force the plane to land in the middle of the desert where they are based, and they keep them there for three days. In the day, temperatures soar, while at night it is cold enough to make even the most resilient person shiver uncontrollably.
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