Five teenagers from the elite Hartwell Academy are on their way back to New York from an end-of-summer camping trip in Idaho when they realize that something has gone wrong; one of them has become violently ill, and their private plane has apparently been hijacked and is headed in the wrong direction--and even if they can somehow break into the cockpit and manage to overpower the hijacker, they have no idea how to fly the plane, much less land it.

Cassie, Tim, Emily, Brandon, and Jay-- teenagers from the elite Hartwell Academy-- are on their way back to New York from a camping trip in Idaho. They have a replacement pilot, Cassie falls ill, and Jay notices the play is flying west instead of east. They've been hijacked, and are trapped thirty-seven thousand feet in the air. Their only chance to survive is by working together-- but can they trust each other? -- adapted from jacket