Its sequel, skybreaker, was a new york times bestseller. Read your book anywhere, on any device, through redshelfs cloud based ereader. Starclimber kenneth oppel ebook harpercollins publishers. Printz honor book award and the governor generals literary award. A beautiful bookshelf a collection of good fiction books. Matt cruse, now 16 and a student at airship academy in paris, is swept into another sky adventure even richer and more surprising than the one in airborn 2004. Airborn kicks off an adventure trilogy as told by matt cruse. Kenneth oppel is the author of numerous books for young readers.
His awardwinning silverwing trilogy has sold over a million copies worldwide and was. Kenneth oppel, the boyishlooking man sitting opposite me in a london cafe, is the first if you have a boy who is a reluctant reader and only into gaming, oppel is a godsend. His awardwinning silverwing trilogy has sold over a million copies worldwide and was adapted into an animated tv series and a stage play. If i had to sum up kenneth oppels skybreaker in just a few words, it would be those above. Matt cruses adventures continue as he, kate and a gypsy race to recover the ghost ship hyperion and its treasures before falling prey to deadly highaltitude life forms and other sailors who seek its riches. Matt is a cabin boy aboard the aurora, a luxury airship. When an airship assumed to have crashed 40 years ago is spotted in the skies, various people scramble to salvage itreach it first and claim rights to all its cargo, which may include gold. Kenneth oppels airborn won a printz honor award, and the canadian governor generals prize.
His awardwinning silverwing trilogy has sold over a million copies worldwide. Kenneth oppel s airborn won a printz honor award, and the canadian governor generals prize. His silverwing trilogy has sold over 1 million copies worldwide, and has been adapted as an animated tv series and stage play. The control car of the giant airship is almost entirely encased in ice, the ships name barely.
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