Horizon Information Portal

e-branch

Home

My Account/Renew Loans

Find Magazine Articles & more

Airborn / Kenneth Oppel.

by Oppel, Kenneth, 1967-

View full image

Thorndike Press, 2004, c2003.

Governor General's Award

Airships -- Fiction.

Pirates -- Fiction.

Imaginary places -- Fiction.

Animals, Mythical -- Fiction

Oppel, Kenneth, 1967- Matt Cruse series ; 1.

9780786270354 (2004 Thorndike Press large print hc.)

0786270357 (2004 Thorndike Press large print hc.)

Alternate title:

Large print ed.

521 p. (large print) : ill. ; 23 cm.

This unabridged edition published by arrangement with HarperCollins.

Sequel is: Skybreaker.

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, 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.

Grades 7 and up / Ages 12 and up. CM

Winner of the 2004 Governor General's Literary Award for Children's Literature (English: text).

Canadian fiction.

Fantasy fiction.

Steampunk fiction.

Large type books for young adults.

Horizon Information Portal 3.24_8902M

© 2001-2013 SirsiDynix All rights reserved.

Horizon Information Portal