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Airborn / Kenneth Oppel. by Oppel, Kenneth, 1967- HarperCollins, 2004. Call #: FICTION OPP Subjects Governor General's Award   Airships -- Fiction.   Pirates -- Fiction.   Teenagers -- Fiction.   Prisoners -- Fiction.   Love in adolescence -- Fiction.   Imaginary places -- Fiction.   Animals, Mythical -- Fiction. Series Oppel, Kenneth, 1967- Matt Cruse series ; 1. ISBN:  9781554682812 (2008 HarperTrophy Digest pbk. ed.) 9780006392590 (pbk.) 9780002005371 (2004 HarperCollins pbk.) 0002005379 (2004 HarperCollins pbk.) 9780002005371 (2004 HarperCollins hc.) 0002005379 (2004 HarperCollins hc.) 9781439547380 (2005 EOS hc.) 9780060531805 (2004 eos / HarperCollins hc.) 0060531800 (2004 eos / HarperCollins hc.) Alternate title:  Air born Description:  321 p.: 22 cm. Notes:  EOS, an imprint of HarperCollins, Publishers. Sequel is: Skybreaker. Summary:  "Fifteen-year-old cabin boy, Matt Cruse, lives in a world in which travel is done primarily by hot air balloon cruise ships. Matt's ship is attacked by pirates, he helps rescue a damaged solo balloon whose flyer has mysteriously died, he becomes friends with an adventure seeking, beautiful Kate de Vries, and the two stumble upon mysterious flying creatures that nobody would believe could exist for real." -- Youth Services Team, HPL. In an imaginary past world where the air is populated by transcontinental voyagers, pirates, and beings never before dreamed of by the humans who sail the skies, fifteen-year-old Matt Cruse, a cabin boy on a huge airship that ferries wealthy passengers, meets a dying balloonist who speaks of beautiful creatures drifting through the skies. After Matt meets the balloonist's granddaughter and learns that the man's ravings may have been true, the two embark on an adventure to find the creatures. Audience:  Grades 7 and up / Ages 12 and up. CM Awards:  Winner of the Governor General's Literary Award for Children's Literature (English: text), 2004. Genre:  Canadian fiction. Fantasy fiction. Steampunk fiction. Holds:  0   Copy/Holding information Location Collection Call No. Item type Status   Tantallon Public Library Young Adult Fiction FICTION OPP Ya Books Checked in Add Copy to MyList

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