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Airborn

October 26, 2007 at 8:23 pm · Filed under Book Reviews, Children's Literature, Favourite Books, Historical Fiction, Science Fiction, Fantasy, and Horror

114. Airborn by Kenneth Oppel (Juvenile Fantasy) 355 p.

AirbornI classify this as juvenile fantasy, but Booklist narrows down its genre to “steampunk sky opera”, which I think is hysterical. Whatever genre it belongs to, Airborn is a fantastic children’s book that any adult could easily enjoy. In an alternate Victorian age, where the primary mode of intercontinental transport is the airship, 15-year-old Matt Cruse is a cabin boy aboard one such craft, the Aurora. Given a place on his late father’s ship through the kindness of his captain, he can imagine nothing he would rather do with his life than crew an airship. When the Aurora attempts to help an elderly balloonist in distress, Matt has no idea how important the man’s dying words will be to his life.

Airborn is an adventure novel in the best sense of the word, filled with dangerous and beautiful creatures, dastardly villains, and incredible feats of bravery and daring. I’m fairly sure the used bookstore near my work has copies of the sequel, Skybreaker, which I could pick up on my way home and read tomorrow night. I’m so excited to read it!

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4 Comments »

Janet wrote, on October 27th, 2007 at 5:23 pm:

Is the title a deliberate misspelling?

Poodlerat wrote, on October 27th, 2007 at 8:33 pm:

You spotted that! I was going to make a comment about the title not being misspelled—it refers the fact that several characters are born in the air—but I figured no one but me would care. I am vindicated!

Janet wrote, on October 28th, 2007 at 10:39 am:

LOL! I was hoping it was a deliberate pun. A misspelling in a title would have been scandalous.

Poodlerat wrote, on October 28th, 2007 at 2:18 pm:

Indeed it would. I’m always incensed by really obvious spelling and grammar mistakes in books—mistakes happen, but when there are a lot of glaring errors, it just seems like sloppiness on the part of the publishers.

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