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Skybreaker by Oppel, Kenneth is a science book available to read on EtoBox.
What is Skybreaker about?
Amazon.com Review In this breathtaking sequel to the Governor General's Award-winning fantasy novel Airborn , 16-year-old Matt Cruse flies higher than he ever dreamed. The former Aurora cabin boy, now a student at the prestigious Paris Airship Academy, is on a two-week training tour with a run-down cargo airship when his captain sights a legendary ghost ship. Matt recklessly heads skyward in pursuit--only to risk sacrificing his entire crew to altitude sickness. The Hyperion , lost in a storm in the dawn of the aviation age and buoyed high above the clouds for 40 years, is rumoured to hold great wealth, and Matt is suddenly the only person on earth who knows her coordinates. Soon, he and his upper-class sweetheart, Kate de Vries, are embarked on a dangerous aerial treasure hunt, along with Hal, the conceited pilot of a sleek, new altitude-friendly airship, and a mysterious gypsy girl named Nadira, who claims to have the key to the Hyperion 's booby-trapped treasure troves. Drawing on the myths of Icarus and Prometheus, as well as classic sea adventures like 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea and The Poseidon Adventure , Skybreaker combines an action-packed thriller with a sens
Who reads Skybreaker?
It is typically read by self-directed learners exploring a subject in depth.
Common subject areas: history, science, philosophy, social sciences.
- Author
- Oppel, Kenneth
- Publisher
- HarperCollins e-books
- Published
- 2007
- Language
- EN
- ISBN
- 9780061968488
- Category
- science
- Subjects
- Historical Fiction, Adventure, Fantasy
- Rating
- 4.24 / 5 (90 ratings)
- Updated
- 2026-03-14
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