Airborn

Enter a past in which airplanes have never been invented giant airships rule the skies and the glittering skyscrapers of Lionsgate City Canadas greatest metropolis rise near the Pacificus Ocean. When Matt Cruse cabin boy on the luxury airship Aurora fearlessly performs a dramatic rescue to save an old man from his damaged hot air balloon he doesnt know what events hes setting in motion. Will he and the balloonists fiery granddaughter Kate de Vries be able to solve the mystery of impossible flying creatures seen among the clouds? And will they figure it out before pirates and shipwreck end their voyage forever? Winner of the Governor Generals Award for Childrens Literature and many other national and international honours Kenneth Oppels tale of aerial adventure has fired the imaginations of readers around the world. An instant classic!