Airborn - Softcover

Kenneth Oppel

4.18

25,526 ratings by Goodreads

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0340878568 ISBN 13: 9780340878569

Publisher: Hodder Childrens, 2004

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Matt Cruse is cabin boy aboard the Aurora, an airship which truly is lighter than air. Since the discovery of hydrium, a gas that renders even the heaviest vehicle as light as a feather, airships travel all over the world in the same way as planes do today. Matt himself was born on an airship and it is there that he feels most at home. Matt has high hopes for promotion to junior sailmaker on this voyage - until Kate de Vries, one of the wealthy passengers, arrives on the scene. She's feisty and brave, and won't let social distinctions get in the way of her friendship with Matt. And all their bravery is required when one night, in the middle of the ocean, they are boarded by pirates and caught up in adventures beyond all imagining...

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About the Author:

Kenneth Oppel wrote his first novel at the age of 15, and enterprisingly sent it to his favourite writer, Roald Dahl. Publication soon followed, and since then he has written more than a dozen books, including an adult novel, The Devil's Cure, and the bestselling fantasy novels, Sunwing and Silverwing, for which he won many prizes in his native Canada. He now lives and works in Toronto with his wife and two young children. His book 'Silverwing' was the winner of the Mr Christie's Book Award, the Canadian Library Association Book of the Year for Children Award, and the Blue Heron Award.

From AudioFile:

This full-cast narration of a young adult science fiction adventure is, despite minor flaws, pure fun. Hero/narrator Matt (David Kelly), a cabin boy on a lighter-than-air liner in the book's Jules Vernesian world, finds adventure and romance among pirates and mysterious flying creatures on an uncharted island. Kelly's voice is irresistibly likable and engaging, though he does overact slightly. His narration frequently continues the tone of preceding speeches, especially questions. Some scenes call out for sound effects, and there are none. But these are quibbles. The original music is excellent; the story, if occasionally predictable, is well told and its world charming. The program as a whole is a nearly unalloyed pleasure. W.M. 2007 Audies Award Finalist � AudioFile 2007, Portland, Maine-- Copyright � AudioFile, Portland, Maine

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