Skybreaker by Kenneth Oppel - A Terrific Choice for Jr.Hi Boys who are Above-Avg. Readers!

In this breathtaking sequel to the Governor Generals Award-winning fantasy novel Airborn, 16-year-old Matt Cruse flies higher than he ever dreamed. The former Aurora cabin boy, now a student at the prestigious Paris Airship Academy, is on a two-week training tour with a run-down cargo airship when his captain sights a legendary ghost ship. Matt recklessly heads skyward in pursuit--only to risk sacrificing his entire crew to altitude sickness. The Hyperion, lost in a storm in the dawn of the aviation age and buoyed high above the clouds for 40 years, is rumoured to hold great wealth, and Matt is suddenly the only person on earth who knows her coordinates.

Soon, he and his upper-class sweetheart, Kate de Vries, are embarked on a dangerous aerial treasure hunt, along with Hal, the conceited pilot of a sleek, new altitude-friendly airship, and a mysterious gypsy girl named Nadira, who claims to have the key to the Hyperions booby-trapped treasure troves. Drawing on the myths of Icarus and Prometheus, as well as classic sea adventures like 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea and The Poseidon Adventure, Skybreaker combines an action-packed thriller with a sensitive exploration of the limits of human ambition. Matts jealousy of the self-made Hal (who he suspects has designs on Kate) and his own furtive attraction to Nadira heighten the emotional tension and raw suspense of the visceral scenes aboard the Hyperion, an ice-entombed version of the Titanic. With pirates, sky monsters, and disturbed spirits, not to mention enough bizarre flying machines to fill an aviation museum (even a bat-copter for Silverwing fans), Skybreaker confirms Kenneth Oppels reputation as Canadas leading fantasy author for children and young adults. --Lisa Alward

A Terrific Choice for Jr.Hi Boys who are Above-Avg. Readers!
I really love this author! I am a junior high school English teacher, and this is a series I have recently come upon that I love recommending to my above-average-reader students, especially boys. Most of them have never heard of it, but they always come back after reading it with such positive reviews. They love it! Its so imaginative and unique and just loaded with old-fashioned action and adventure! The characters are so charming and fun and easy to relate to.
When someone first gave me Airborn, I looked at the cover and thought, Airships? Ick. Boring. But I couldnt have been more mistaken. It was a delightful, compelling read. I enjoyed it thoroughly! And I liked SkyBreaker even more! So original and exciting! Im already watching like a hawk for the next in the series! Cant wait!

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