Airborn
by:
Kenneth Oppel (author)
Format: hardcover
ISBN:
9781417674824 (1417674822)
Publish date: May 24th 2005
Publisher: Turtleback Books
Pages no: 501
Edition language: English
Series: Matt Cruse (#1)
3.75 starsThis book didn't catch my attention for awhile. Near the end, I really enjoyed it. I think a younger reader will love it throughout. It has an airship that's more like our cruise ships. There are pirates and flying creatures. The leads are a boy and girl trying to find an unknown anim...
2.5 stars.I enjoyed it. I did. But I kept comparing it to [b:Leviathan|6050678|Leviathan (Leviathan, #1)|Scott Westerfeld|http://d.gr-assets.com/books/1275694232s/6050678.jpg|6226342]. There are enough similarities that I couldn't help it and I did try to be objective.Let's start with characters, sh...
Matt Cruse’s normal life as cabin boy of the airship Aurora is changed forever on one extraordinary voyage, filled with pirates, a mysterious island, and a beautiful, dangerous, and previously undiscovered creature.“This is my home,” I told him dully. And I’d never felt it more than now. I’d bundl...
This book has it all, action, adventure, tragedy, and a little bit of romance. The book grabs you from the very beginning and never let's go. It follows the story of boy in his early teens (15 or 16) that is a cabin boy on an airship. While the boy, Matt, is on watch duty he spots a hot air balloon ...
I totally loved this book - action-packed, fast-moving adventure, coolest airship ever, incredibly suspenseful and has mysterious flying creatures. This book had everything except teenage angst. It might be young adult, but the protagonist is a boy so no girly angsty stuff! I'm anxiously awaiting...
12 years ago
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