Airborn 10th Anniversary Edition

Fri, 18 Oct 2019 14:53:25 -0700

I had to read this book for school, and it started out a little boring, so I thought I wasn't going to like it very much. It still is not one of my favorite books, but the plot is really nice. Matt, the main character, lives on the airship where he works, which is called the Aurora. Matt feels most comfortable when he is in the air, and he never wants to leave, but we all know that there has to be something that goes wrong! He has a dream of flying the Aurora one day, but when Kate comes into the picture she becomes a distraction to Matt and his responsibilities. She shows him a diary that connects to an event in Matt's past that has been haunting his dreams for 2 years. Many obstacles come in the way of Matt's dream, as well as Kate's dream that conflicts strongly with Matt's. Through pirates, storms, snakes, cloud cats, airships, bones, hydrium, mangoes, and first kisses, Matt and Kate are there for each other through the newest discovery of their time. This book turned out to be very exciting if you can get through the first couple chapters. The author writes very descriptively and paints wonderful pictures in your mind, and I would recommend this to middle school readers who like realistic fiction with a little twist of fantasy. Kenneth Oppel was also very clever when he picked the title for his book, can you find what the double meaning is?