Chapters 5 and 6 Summary

In Chapter 5, Rick spends the night in the freezing desert, and he finally has the flying dream he remembers from his childhood. Instead of hovering over the lighthouse where his grandmother worked, as he had as a child, he hovers over Blue Canyon and a guard, Northcut, tries to wave him down. The teachers and kids all come out as he flies above, out of reach. When Rick wakes, he thinks about his grandmother, who died at only forty-seven. He sees the supply truck drive off and wonders how to get out of there.

Rick finds the keys in the ignition of the second truck and steals it. He eats the stolen pack of hot dogs. The road, though, dead-ends in five miles. He runs five minutes and finds himself at a huge canyon. With no choice, he turns back and...