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Mayday (Hardcover)
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Mayday (Hardcover)
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Wayne Kovok starts every sentence with "Did you know..." Did you
know that Russian turtles orbited the moon before any astronauts
ever did? Did you know that falling vending machines kill more
people than sharks each year? Wayne has always relied on his voice
to change the subject in awkward situations (which are everywhere
in seventh grade). All that changes on a trip back from Arlington
National Cemetery where he and his mother picked up the flag
commemorating the death of his uncle, a soldier in Iraq. The plane
home crashes, and Wayne loses his voice. They both lose the
perfectly folded honor flag, sucked out of the plane somewhere over
the great state of Texas. It's not until Wayne loses his voice
completely that he realizes how much he doesn't say: his deadbeat
dad doesn't take responsibility for hurting him, his military
grandfather puts impossible pressure on Wayne to follow in his
footsteps, and the girl Wayne likes is maybe-possibly dating him
out of pity. In this unforgettable journey of family and
friendship, Wayne starts a quest to find the flag, and in the
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