Overall this was an excellent book and I look forward to the sequel. The author does a good job of showing the relationship between the boy and the ship and its crew.

Light and entertaining while having a fair share of action, humor, and suspense. It was fun and definitely a ‘page-turner’. New cities, elements, different means of travel and an overall classic environment. This book is fantasy because it is set in the past but many things have been either modified or created. It is an escape from reality but without the nerd overload of most fantasy books. I highly recommend this book even if you don’t like fantasy books. The sequel looks almost just as promising. Truly an entertaining read for a fan of any genre. But then the unexpected happens and they must think and think hard to save the ship and its passengers. Matt Cruse is a cabin boy on the Aurora, a huge airship that sails hundreds of feet above the ocean, ferrying wealthy passengers from city to city. His late coming passenger happens to be a thrill-seeking rich girl about his age the two have several adventures together in the first few blissful chapters.

Cruse was able not to think about it until now. With his final breath he muttered something about beautiful creatures. One year ago he had spotted a balloon that carried a dying balloonist. It chronicles young Cruse on what seems to be an ordinary journey to Australia when he picks up a very wealthy late arrival that knows about the creatures. This 501-page fantasy novel by Kenneth Oppel uses masterful imagery and great dialogue to paint a beautiful journey with the occasional plot twist and a major story turn you will not see coming. Cruse, a young boy who serves as cabin boy on the ship that is his home in the vividly painted adventure Airborn. Book #1Īdventure-Travel Award Winners-Red Cedar Book Award/Nominee Award Winners-Red Maple Award/Nominee Award Winners-Governor General's Literary Award Award Winners-ALA Notable/Best Books Award Winners-ALA Best Book for Young Adults Award Winners-Michael Printz Award/Honor Book Award Winners-BCCB Blue Ribbon Book Award Winners-SLJ Best Book Award Winners-Canadian Library Association Honour Award Winners-Snow Willow Award/Nominee Award Winners-YALSA Top Ten Canadian Content-Canadian Content (All) Fantasy/Imagination-Misc./Other People-Pirates People-Friends Recommended Reading-Children's Literature Choice Recommended Reading-Junior Library Guild Selection Recommended Reading-Read Up On It Recommended Reading-YALSA Popular Paperbacks Recommended Reading-Coop.Six hundred and fifty feet above the ocean, the silvery airship Aurora glides through the wispy night air. Matt, a cabin boy aboard an airship, and Kate, a wealthy girl traveling with her chaperone, team up to search for the existence of mysterious creatures reportedly living hundreds of feet above the Earth's surface.

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