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Seventeen year-old dirt-bike-riding daredevil Arlo Santiago catches the eye of the U.S. military with his first-place ranking on a video game featuring drone warfare, and must reconcile the work they want him to do with the emotional scars he has suffered following a violent death in his family. Adios, Nirvana author Conrad Wesselhoeft, takes readersfrom the skies over war-torn Pakistan to the dustyarroyos of New Mexicos outback in this young adult novel about daring to live in the wake of unbearable loss.,



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Conrad Wesselhoeft

Conrad Wesselhoeft worked as a tugboat hand in Singapore and Peace Corps Volunteer in Polynesia before embarking on a career in journalism. He has served on the editorial staffs of five newspapers, including The New York Times. He is the author of ADIOS, NIRVANA (2010) and DIRT BIKES, DRONES, AND OTHER WAYS TO FLY (2014) , two contemporary young-adult novels from Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. Wesselhoeft began to write for young adults after meeting the acclaimed YA novelist Scott O'Dell (ISLAND OF THE BLUE DOLPHINS) . "Scott critiqued my early efforts at writing YA fiction. He taught me many things about writing, but one stands out: Writing is about perseverance--never give up. "Wesselhoeft's ancestors were homeopathic doctors to a host of literary luminaries, including Emily Dickinson, Louisa May Alcott, Ralph Waldo Emerson, and Harriet Beecher Stowe. His three children are in various stages of university study or career exploration. He lives in West Seattle with a poodle named Django. You can learn more about him at conradwesselhoeft. com and adiosnirvana. com.



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