Uncrashable Dakota (29 page)

Along with Lauren, Matt Lambert read the very first draft and helped set this book on the right path.

Finally, very special thanks to Walter Lord, whose
A Night to Remember
—the undisputed classic of Titanic books—was both a useful reference and a source of great inspiration.

AUTHOR BIO

Andy Marino was born and raised in Clifton Park, New York. He graduated from NYU and currently lives in Queens. He is also the author of
Unison Spark
.

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Text copyright © 2013 by Andy Marino

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Marino, Andy.

Uncrashable Dakota / Andy Marino. — First edition.

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Summary: In 1912, an airship on its maiden flight is hijacked and young Hollis Dakota, heir to the Dakota Aeronautics empire, his friend Delia, and stepbrother Rob, become embroiled in a family feud that could send the ship—and them—crashing from the sky.

ISBN 978-0-8050-9630-9 (hardback) — ISBN 978-0-8050-9958-4 (e-book)

[1.  Airships—Fiction.   2.  Hijacking of aircraft—Fiction.   3.  Vendetta—Fiction.   4.  Social classes—Fiction.   5.  Stepbrothers—Fiction.   6.  Adventure and adventurers—Fiction.]   I.  Title.

PZ7.M33877Umt 2013      [Fic]—dc23      2013018845

eISBN 9780805099584

First hardcover edition 2013

eBook edition November 2013