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Description
Sailing toward dawn, and I was perched atop the crow's nest, being the ship's eyes. We were two nights out of Sydney, and there'd been no weather to speak of so far. I was keeping watch on a dark stack of nimbus clouds off to the northwest, but we were leaving it far behind, and it looked to... read more
Summary
Airborn is one of my favorite books by the author Kenneth Oppel. This novel takes place in a fictional past in which airships dominate the skies and strange technologies shape the world. Oppel uses his powerful imagination to craft an interesting plot that keeps you entertained all through... read more (warning: may contain spoilers)
Cast of Characters/Important People
- Matt Cruse: Cabin boy aboard the Aurora. Has worked there for three years.
- Kate de Vries: A wealthy passenger on the Aurora. She took the trip in hopes of finding the mysterious flying creatures her grandfather discovered a year before.
First Sentence
Sailing toward dawn, and I was perched atop the crow's nest, being the ship's eyes.
Table of Contents
1. Ship's Eyes
2. Up Ship!
3. Kate
4. Hot Chocolate for Two
5. The Log of the Endurance
6. Szpirglas
7. Sinking
8. The Island
9. Bones
10. Shipshape
11. The One That Fell
12. Shipwrecked
13. Hydrium
14. Nest
15. The Cloud Cat
16. Rescue
17. The Pit
18. Ship Taken
19. Airborne
20. Airborn
21. At Anchor
Series
This is book 1 in the Matt Cruse series.
Authors & Contributors
- Kenneth Oppel (Author)
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