Voted Book of the Year by a number of reviewers and having now read it I know why. This is something very different from most action and adventure stories. The characters are brilliantly drawn and the plot lines is innovative and full of intrigue and danger.
If your child is into Anthony Horowitz or Eoin Colfer then get them to take a running jump into this – they’ll not be disappointed.
A legendary ghost ship. An incredible treasure. A death-defying adventure.
Forty years ago, the airship Hyperion vanished with untold riches in its hold. Now, accompanied by heiress Kate de Vries and a mysterious gypsy, Matt Cruse is determined to recover the ship and its treasures. But 20,000 feet above the Earth's surface, pursued by those who have hunted the Hyperion since its disappearance, and surrounded by deadly high-altitude life forms, Matt and his companions soon find themselves fighting not only for the Hyperion--but for their very lives.
Kenneth Oppel’sAirborn won a Printz Honor Award, and the Canadian Governor General’s Prize. Itssequel,Skybreaker, wasa New York Times bestseller. His Silverwing trilogy hassold over 1 million copies worldwide, andhas been adapted as an animatedTV series and stage play. Movie rights in This Dark Endeavour have been bought by theproducers of Twilight. Read the author's biography here.
