"Black Helicopters" by Blythe Woolston follows the story of a young girl named 15-year-old “Lora,” who struggles with her identity and the weight of her family's dark ties to a shadowy world of conspiracy and survivalism. As she navigates her tumultuous relationship with her mother and her own sense of agency, Lora finds herself caught between the extremes of paranoia and the realities of her life. When her mother disappears, Lora must reconcile her fragmented beliefs about the truth, freedom, and the control that others have over her life, leading her to uncover hidden layers of both danger and revelation. [Generated by language model - please report any problems].

This book is aimed at children at US 7th grade-9th grade.

This book is aimed at Young Adult readers. The term Young Adult (YA) is used for books which have the following characteristics: (1) aimed at ages 12-18 years, US grades 7-12, UK school years 8-15, (2) around 50-75k words long, (3) main character is aged 12-18 years, (4) topics include self-reflection, internal conflict vs external, analyzing life and its meaning, (5) point of view is often in the first person, and (6) swearing, violence, romance and sexuality are allowed. This book was published in 2013 by Candlewick on Brilliance Audio .

Blythe Woolston's first novel, The Freak Observer, won the William C. Morris Debut Award. She is also the author of Black Helicopters, an American Library Association Best Fiction for Young Adults selection. Blythe Woolston lives in Billings, Montana, USA.