Friday, December 9, 2011

HIGH FLYING ADVENTURE




Starclimber is the third book in Kenneth Oppel's Airborn Adventures series. If you like adventure and suspense, these books are for you. In an alternate reality where airships have taken the place of our world's airplanes and cruise ships, the first book Airborn introduces us to Matt Cruse, a cabin boy on such an airship, and Kate de Vries, a wealthy passenger. These ywo young people survive air pirates and a crash landing to discover a mysterious creatures that live hundreds of feet in the air. The second book Skybreaker shows Matt as a student at the Airship Academy teaming up with Kate again to discover a long-lost airship that may have a treasure abroad. Now in Starclimber, these two young people are aboard a new ship that literally climbs its way into outer space. The ship is soon surrounded by strange life-forms and plagued by mechanical failures possibly caused by a saboteur. Non-stop adventure and suspense as well and some romance make this series fun to read. And don't be turned away by the length of the books, the stories will keep you reading.






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