Airborn is the first book in the matt cruse series by kenneth oppel. Kenneth oppels airborn is a high adventure in every sense. Pdf airborn book by kenneth oppel free download 544 pages. Printz honor book and winner of canadas governor generals literary award, and skybreaker, a new york times bestseller.
Kenneth oppel airborn series by kenneth oppel overdrive. His books for children include the barnes and the brains series. Kenneth oppel is the author of numerous books for young readers. From 1995 to 1996, oppel worked as an editor atquill and quire, the trade magazine of the canadian publishing industry. A family of male cable connectors that all have two rows of contacts spaced at 0. Please understand that this was only a school project and had no intent to be professionnal. Kenneth oppel lives in toronto with his wife and their three children.
Kenneth oppel s airborn is a high adventure in every sense. Airborn by kenneth oppel synopsis matt cruse is the cabin boy of the aurora, the 900foot luxury airship he has called home for the past two years. Sep 12, 2016 oppel, kenneth kenneth oppel wrote his first novel at age fourteen and hasnt looked back. Celebrate the 10th anniversary of the awardwinning aerial adventure that started it all winner of the governor general. Contentsshow welcome to airborn wiki airborn is a wiki about the steampunk and alternate history series airborn written by kenneth oppel. Airborn is a 2004 young adult novel by kenneth oppel. He also wrote another series, the matt cruse saga, including airborn 2004, skybreaker 2005 and starclimber 2008. Airborn ebook by kenneth oppel 9781443411226 rakuten kobo.
I never heard back from roald dahl directly, but he read my story, and liked it enough to pass on to his own literary agent. Together we can turn this wiki into a paradise for fans of airborn. Apart from mishaps, airborn was also filled with adventures and pirates as well. Kenneth oppel books list of books by author kenneth oppel. Sometimes our course might resemble a series of zigzags as we rode the winds of high and low pressure systems and skirted storm fronts. This is a school project i did while i was years old for the book airborn written by kenneth oppel.
The main characters of this fantasy, animals story are. Kenneth oppel we had a family friend who knew roald dahl one of my favourite authors and this friend offered to show dahl my story. While on lookout duty, he spots a damaged balloon carrying an unconscious old man. Author, kenneth oppel did a fantastic job of creating real characters and in the process getting the readers to care about these characters. May 11, 2004 kenneth oppel is the governor generals awardwinning author of airborn and the silverwing series, which has sold over a million copies worldwide.
Matts opinion of his captain was quite evident, and author kenneth oppel did tell and show with matts character development. Matt cruse is back in the phenomenal third volume in kenneth oppel s bestselling, awardwinning series and this time hes heading for outer space. Additionally, the world contains fictional animal species such as flying creatures, which live their entire lives in the sky. The first edition of the novel was published in january 1st 1997, and was written by kenneth oppel. Kenneth oppel is the author of the silverwing series, about the adventures of a young bat, and the airborn series, following the exploits of a young airship student in an alternative reality in which airplanes were never invented. The cargo was all loaded and tied down in the holds. The book was published in multiple languages including english, consists of 544 pages and is available in paperback format. The book takes place aboard a transoceanic luxury passenger airship, the aurora, and is told from the perspective of its cabin boy, matt cruse. Free download or read online airborn pdf epub book. Airborn matt cruse, book 1 by kenneth oppel fantastic fiction. In airborn, enter a past in which airplanes have never been invented, giant airships rule the skies and the glittering skyscrapers of lionsgate city, canadas greatest metropolis, rise near the pacificus ocean. Feb 14, 2014 this is a school project i did while i was years old for the book airborn written by kenneth oppel. Kenneth oppel born august 31, 1967 is a canadian childrens writer. Airborn, skybreaker, and starclimber by kenneth oppel 4.
He is also the author of darkwing, the critically acclaimed prequel to the bestselling silverwing series. Enter the name of the series to add the book to it. You can help the success of this wiki by editing and just. However, despite the fact that opel was born in port alberni, he spent a bigger part of his childhood days in victoria, bc, and halifax, nova scotia. Airborn and skybreaker, the first two books in the series, have been among our bestselling and mosthonored titles, and we think youll find this one just as thrilling if not more so. Airborn is a wiki about the steampunk and alternate history series airborn written by kenneth oppel. You can help the success of this wiki by editing and just contributing to this wiki. 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. While crossing the pacificus, he fearlessly rescues the unconscious pilot of a crippled hot air balloon. See all books authored by kenneth oppel, including airborn, and halfminute horrors, and more on. In airborn, enter a past in which airplanes have never.
Kenneth oppel was born in the year 1967, in the mill town of port alberni located on vancouver island, bc. Audie winner, catalog, kenneth oppel, matt cruse series, printz honor book, scifi. Kenneth oppel airborn for philippa, sophia, and nate contents 1 ships eyes 2 up ship. The auroras crew mount a rescue operation to save the man, whose name. Mar 19, 2012 kenneth oppel kenneth oppel is the author of numerous books for young readers. Pdf silverwing book by kenneth oppel free download 128 pages. Airborn, skybreaker, starclimber matt cruse 9781522610120. The whole book is actionpacked, involving clashes with air pirates and daring escapes from perilous. Free download or read online silverwing pdf epub book. Airborn by kenneth oppel overdrive rakuten overdrive. Kenneth oppel airborn series ebook edmonton public. Kenneth oppels airborn series are probably the best young adult books ive read.
He wrote four books for the silverwing novel series. The boundless and skybreaker share similar tone and themes in one a gigantic airship, in the other an incredibly long train with large cars. To create a series or add a work to it, go to a work page. When matt cruse, the cabin boy on the luxury airship aurora, fearlessly. His awardwinning silverwing trilogy has sold over a million copies worldwide. Kenneth oppel lives with his wife and children in toronto, canada. These connectors come in sizes ranging from 9 to 91 contacts and all have crimped wire termination. The n series offers the ultimate connector solution for the smallest and most demanding spaces. The first edition of the novel was published in 2004, and was written by kenneth oppel. The book was published in multiple languages including english, consists of 128 pages and is available in mass market paperback format. They feature great characters in exciting adventures in a really clever steampunk setting and as soon as i read them they became instant classics and ive put them on the shelf ive reserved for my very favorite books right alongside hornblower, harry potter, his dark materials, and the lord of the rings. Fourteenyearold matt cruse is a cabin boy for the aurora, an airship that stays afloat using a gas called hydrium. His awardwinning silverwing trilogy has sold over a million copies worldwide and was adapted into an animated tv series and a stage play. In a swashbuckling adventure reminiscent of jules verne and robert louis stevenson, kenneth oppel, author of the bestselling silverwing trilogy, creates an imagined world in which the air is populated by transcontinental voyagers, pirates, and beings never before dreamed of by the humans who sail the skies.
Airborn series the airborn series is a fantasysteampunkalternate history fiction trilogy where. Read airborn 10th anniversary edition by kenneth oppel available from rakuten kobo. Please understand that this was only a school project and had no. Read a sample read a sample read a sample enlarge book cover. His books include the silverwing series, which has sold over a million copies around the world.
380 435 1387 683 602 395 1127 367 1557 1001 529 794 535 1325 208 1074 1360 218 1065 665 115 309 789 269 732 1489 492 695 1510 387 477 1125 766 783 994 882 127 797 910 799 660 41 351 1122 740