Airborn

By Kenneth Oppel format: young adult softcover publication: October 2004 ISBN: 9780006392590

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Winner of the 2004 Governor General's Literary Award

2005 Ruth and Sylvia Schwartz Children's Book Award Young Adult Winner

Set in an imaginary past where giant airships rule the skies, Airborn is the story of Matt Cruse, the fifteen-year-old cabin boy of the 900-foot luxury airship Aurora. After Matt performs a dramatic rescue to save an old man from his crippled hot-air balloon, the man tells him about the fantastic,impossible creatures he has seen flying through the clouds. Airborn is a swashbuckling adventure, a mystery, a tale of growing up and acceptance - all rolled into a fantastical, cinematic masterwork of storytelling. Narrated by Matt, whose hopes and fears are reflected in every teen's life, this is also a book driven by the discovery of impossible flying creatures that are as dangerous as they are beautiful. Author Kenneth Oppel will be launching his new book at the McNally Robinson Grant Park location on March 9 at 7:30. YA fiction ages 10-14.

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