5/8/2023 0 Comments Matt cruse airborn![]() ![]() I'd only hesitate with very young children because of the deaths, and the pirates may be scary for them. Bookseller: Bonita US (US) Booksellers Inventory : 152261012X.G Title: Kenneth Oppel - Airborn Trilogy: Airborn, Skybreaker, Starclimber (Matt Cruse). I think this would be a great book to read to kids that were not old enough to read it themselves. ![]() For parents - There wasn't anything in it to give parents pause - except for a few deaths in the battles with the pirates - a couple good guys, a few bad guys, but although there were sad deaths (the good guys) nothing was too graphic. The protagonist, 15 year old Matt, is likable, responsible, honest and the story is well written. ![]() I wouldn't assume girls wouldn't like this one. It might appear to be more of a "boy book", but there is a main character who is a girl, so there's someone girls can relate to, and a bit of wholesome romance. He chose to become a cabin boy because his father had worked on the same ship until falling off in an accident when Matt was twelve. While on lookout duty, he spots a damaged balloon carrying an unconscious old man. Role in Airborn Matt Cruse is a cabin boy on the Aurora, a large passenger airship that sails above the ocean, ferrying wealthy passengers from city to city. Summary Fourteen-year-old Matt Cruse is a cabin boy for the Aurora, an airship that stays afloat using a gas called 'hydrium'. The main characters are Matt Cruse and Kate de Vries. It takes place in an alternate history of our world - so it may be classified as fantasy, but it is not really a fantasy story - it's an adventure story. Airborn is the first book in the Matt Cruse series by Kenneth Oppel. Airborn is about a cabin boy on an passenger air ship. ![]()
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