Airborn is a science fiction young adult novel by Kenneth Oppel. It is set in an alternate universe where airships and hot air balloons have replaced airplanes as the primary mode of travel. The book has won several awards, including a Governor General's Award for children's literature, a Michael L. Printz Award honor, and a Bulletin of the Center for Children's Books Blue Ribbon award. In a swashbuckling adventure reminiscent of Jules Verne and Robert Louis Stevenson, Kenneth Oppel, author of the best-selling Silverwing trilogy, creates an imagined world in which the air is populated by transcontinental voyagers, pirates, and beings never before dreamed of by the humans who sail the skies. Read more/5(). Airborn is a steampunk YA novel by Canadian author Kenneth Oppel, first published in Matt Cruse is a cabin boy on the Aurora, a luxury passenger airship. In Matt's world, aeroplanes were never invented, and airships, filled with a gas called 'hydrium', are used for transportation instead.
If you like a lot of action in your reading, you'll love Airborn, by Kenneth Oppel. This Printz honor title reads just like watching a movie. Mr. Cruse is awfully young to work aboard a luxury airship. Even if he is only a cabin boy, he aspires to greater responsibility. Kenneth Oppel is the author of numerous books for young readers. His award-winning SILVERWING trilogy has sold over a million copies worldwide, and been adapted as an animated TV series and stage play. AIRBORN was winner of a Michael L Printz Honor Book Award, and the Canadian Governor General's Award for Children's Literature; its sequel. In a swashbuckling adventure reminiscent of Jules Verne and Robert Louis Stevenson, Kenneth Oppel, author of the best-selling Silverwing trilogy, creates an imagined world in which the air is populated by transcontinental voyagers, pirates, and beings never before dreamed of by the humans who sail the skies.
In a swashbuckling adventure reminiscent of Jules Verne and Robert Louis Stevenson, Kenneth Oppel, author of the best-selling Silverwing trilogy, creates an imagined world in which the air is populated by transcontinental voyagers, pirates, and beings never before dreamed of by the humans who sail the skies. more. Title: Airborn; Author: Kenneth Oppel; Publisher: HarperCollins; Year Published: ; ISBN: ; Page Count: ; Age Range: ; Genre: steampunk; Award(s): Printz honor; Author information: Kenneth Oppel is a Canadian author who has written more than a dozen titles for children of all ages. Airborn is a young adult novel by Kenneth Oppel. The novel is set in an alternate history where the airplane has not been invented, and instead, airships are the primary form of air transportation. Additionally, the world contains fictional animal species such as flying creatures that live their entire lives in the sky. The book takes place aboard a transoceanic luxury passenger airship, the Aurora, and is told from the perspective of its cabin boy, Matt Cruse.
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