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Skybreaker Kenneth Oppel

Skybreaker By Kenneth Oppel

Skybreaker by Kenneth Oppel


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Condition - Very Good
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Summary

Set high in the sky, this is another adventure story.

Skybreaker Summary

Skybreaker by Kenneth Oppel

Another thrilling adventure story set high in the sky - at altitudes never before explored. Complete with feisty hero and heroine drawn together from different social backgrounds, lost treasure, highspeed chases and much more...Matt Cruse has been accepted at the Airship Academy, his days as cabin boy over for the moment. He has difficulty settling down to life on land, but is helped by the fact that Kate is in Paris too. During a training flight aboard the freighter Flotsam, Matt helps save the ship when it is caught in a deadly storm over the Indian Ocean, and thrust to dangerously high altitudes. There, Matt spies a frozen airship, drifting aimlessly at 20,000 feet - it's the legendary ghost ship Hyperion. Rumoured to be carrying great wealth, the Hyperion left harbour fifty years ago, but never reached her destination. No wreckage was ever found...until now. And it is not just gold the Hyperion is reputed to carry, but a collection of strange zoological specimens. Kate is desperate to recover

Skybreaker Reviews

'A terrific, rollicking adventure... filled with irresistible optimism and zest' - The Times 'This is gripping stuff.' - The Bookseller 'brilliantly done... Airborn's contained world is totally absorbing, cleverly plotted, a terrific read.' - The Irish Times 'a tightly plotted, fast-paced adventure with engaging and humorous characters' - TES 'A successful 'boys' own' story which manages to avoid being a 'boys only' story.' - The School Librarian 'cracking stories, brimming with adventure, redolent of great mythical sagas of the past, alive with invention, thoughtful - at times profound and probing - and never faltering when it comes to thrills and page-turning power.' - Carousel 'Oppel's achievement is to have created much more than an

About Kenneth Oppel

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.

Additional information

GOR003961045
9780340878576
0340878576
Skybreaker by Kenneth Oppel
Used - Very Good
Hardback
Hachette Children's Group
20050915
464
N/A
Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary.
This is a used book - there is no escaping the fact it has been read by someone else and it will show signs of wear and previous use. Overall we expect it to be in very good condition, but if you are not entirely satisfied please get in touch with us

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