Flight, written by Sherman Alexie is a modern literal narrated by Zits, a 15-year-old boy who's a half-Native American orphan with a history of abuse and an instinct to act in violent ways. After he is persuaded to open fire in a crowded bank by Justice, a 17 year-old boy he met in a jail cell, Zits is transported back in time to several different periods of American violence. In each time period, he embodies a figure in one of these scenes, each of which leads him to reflect on his past and to confront his feelings of angst, loneliness, anger, grief, and identity. Flight opens when Zits wakes up in his 21st foster home. The year is 2007. Zits is a half-Native American, half-Irish teen with self-esteem issues and a history of past delinquencies.
