But they could be dangerous and vulnerable. Massive, ungainly on the ground, they were agile, swift and captivating when skyward. For a while, in the early 20th century, they seemed to be the way of the future for intercontinental travel. Winner of the 2004 Governor General's Literary Award for Children's Literature!Īirships represent to many the most romantic and elegant means of travel.Winner of the 2004 Red Maple Award (OLA).Winner of the 2005 Ruth and Sylvia Schwartz Children's Book Award.A 2005 Michael L Printz Honor Book (ALA).Far from any hope of rescue, Kate and Matt are flung into adventures beyond all imagining.

Then one night, over the middle of the ocean, deadly air pirates board the Aurora. Matt dismisses the story as the ravings of a dying man, but when Kate de Vries arrives on the Aurora a year later, determined to prove the story is true, Matt finds himself caught up in her quest. Before he dies, the balloonist tells him about the fantastic, impossible creatures he has seen flying through the clouds. While crossing the Pacificus, Matt fearlessly rescues the unconscious pilot of a crippled hot air balloon. Matt Cruse is the 15-year-old cabin boy aboard the Aurora, the 900-foot luxury airship he has called home for the past two years. Spyglass to my eye, I slowly swept the heavens.

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