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The book had two sides one i liked the other i was bored by. Cruse is awfully young to work aboard a luxury airship. Oppel was born in port alberni, and spent his childhood in victoria, british columbia and halifax, nova scotia. Oppel, kenneth kenneth oppel wrote his first novel at age fourteen and hasnt looked back. It is only after matt meets the balloonists granddaughter that he realizes that the mans ravings may, in fact, have been true, and that the creatures are completely real and utterly mysterious.
Kenneth oppel, best known for writing about bats, seems to be channelling the spirit of jules verne in airborn, a wildly imaginative new fantasy book. Matt was born on an airship, the literal reference of the book s punning title, and as a result, feels no fear while aloft. Sailing toward dawn, and i was perched atop the crows nest, being the ships eyes. The social setting is reminiscent of the early decades of the 1900s. Download for offline reading, highlight, bookmark or take notes while you read airborn. Between mysterious flying beasts and pirate attacks, oppel gives readers a glimpse of life aboard an airship. If you are interested in making a booking, please email him at. The first edition of the novel was published in 2004, and was written by kenneth oppel. Some of his bestknown titles are inkling, the nest, airborn, a 2005 printz honor book, and silverwing. The first edition of the novel was published in january 1st 1997, and was written by kenneth oppel. Airborn unabridged airborn unabridged audiobook, by kenneth oppel.
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