The person reading the story was not dull and monotonous and they used different voices for different characters. I loved that it was exciting enough for all of my kids, ages 6-11, as well as entertaining enough for me.

' SUMMER READING REVIEW: 'While this is not an adult book, I did listen to the entire book on cd while driving to Virginia with my family. ' an intriguing, futuristic YA novel with nautical twists and delightful protagonists ' - Emily, Overall Performance: Narration Rating: Story Rating:.It makes you wonder.are there really unknown species waiting to be found in some remote part of the world?' What really pulled me in and what was most fascinating about this story was the discovery of an odd species existing on and around the island. 'This was a fun, YA adventure! My boys will love this book someday and I am having my daughter read it right now! It made me want to Google air ships of the early 1900's! I have always been fascinated by the Hindenburg. In a swashbuckling adventure reminiscent of Jules Verne and Robert Louis Stevenson, Kenneth Oppel, author of the best-selling Silverwing trilogy, creates an imagined world in which the air is populated by transcontinental voyagers, pirates, and beings never before dreamed of by the humans who sail the skies. It is only after Matt meets the balloonist's granddaughter that he realizes that the man's ravings may, in fact, have been true, and that the creatures are completely real and utterly mysterious.

One night he meets a dying balloonist who speaks of beautiful creatures drifting through the skies. It is the life Matt's always wanted convinced he's lighter than air, he imagines himself as buoyant as the hydrium gas that powers his ship. Matt Cruse is a cabin boy on the Aurora, a huge airship that sails hundreds of feet above the ocean, ferrying wealthy passengers from city to city.

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