"16-year-old Valya knows what it feels like to fly. She's a pilot who's always felt more at home soaring through the sky than down on earth. But since the Germans surrounded Stalingrad, Valya's been forced to stay on the ground and watch her city crumble ... [et al.]."--Back cover.

Priscilla Hutchins takes a job on an interstellar starship, working for a corporation who is colonizing two planets and killing off native life forms, sparking outrage from Earthlings who fill her work day with bomb threats and sabotage. "Priscilla Hutchins has been through many experiences. This is the story of her first unforgettable adventure; Priscilla 'Hutch' Hutchins has finally realized her lifelong dream: She's completed a nerve-bending qualification...