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
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'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
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'Skybreaker' was voted Book Of The Year by both The Times and
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This is 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, high-speed
chases and much more...
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The storm boiled above the Indian Ocean, a dark, bristling wall of cloud, blocking our passage west. Read the first page Browse Sample Pages
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Format:Hardcover
I came across AIRBORN, the first book in this series, (at least I hope it will be a series and not just a trilogy) a year ago, and throughly enjoyed it. And I was pleased when I found out that Oppel had written a sequel.
Having now read SKYBREAKER, I must say that I have not enjoyed a book this much in several years. It should be mentioned that I am not a young reader. At 55 years I don't consider myself old, but most likely older than the target audience intended for this book - which is too bad, because this novel deserves a large readership.
Oppel manages to balance the adventure, relationships, pacing and atmosphere so perfectly that this should be used as a teaching guide for new writers. He makes us care about Matt & Kate. And Hal, Nadira, Dorje and Miss Simkins - the dreams of Theodore Grunel. It's an exciting and enjoyable work.
Oppel dedicated this novel to his and his wife's new baby. I wish that child a long and healthy life. Baby your daddy did you proud with this book!
By C. M. Davis
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Great second book in this series. The first one, airbourne, was just as good. On the edge of your seat stuff.....
By A. Craig
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SKYBREAKER is even better than AIRBORN, and continues the adventures of Matt Cruse, the airship (or zeppelin) cabin-boy turned trainee airman. It begins with a terrible storm boiling up in the sky, which his captain tries to avoid by going dangerously high. Just before the crew pass out from cold and oxygen starvation, Matt spots the famous ghost ship Hyperion, loaded with gold. He is the only one to note its co-ordinates,and from then on it's a race against pirates to secure the treasure for himself, a mysterious gypsy girl and a dashing young captain far too interested in Matt's sweetheart Kate. Like Indiana Jones, this novel is packed with fast-paced action, but it is also very well-written and intelligent. It's a long time since a story like this came my way - don't miss it.
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Skybreaker
I bought this book for my kids as a follow up to Airborn. I read it myself and could not put the book down. It's a wonderful, imaginative, engrossing "boys own" adventure. Read more
Published on 12 April 2008 by A. Baumgart
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As a bookworm I've discovered it's unfortunately extremely rare to find a book that has a good plot, is written well (and (in Borders) doesn't smell like coffee). Read more
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I borrowed this from my local library as it looked interesting. As a mum of two young boys I am testing out books aimed at their age range and above, and this is one book I would... Read more
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