Airborn
by Kenneth Oppel · first published 1997
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Sailing toward dawn, and I was perched atop the crow's nest, being the ship's eyes. We were two nights out of Sydney, and there'd been no weather to speak of so far. I was keeping watch on a dark stack of nimbus clouds off to the northwest, but we were leaving it far behind, and it looked to be smooth going all the way back to Lionsgate City. Like riding a cloud. . . .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. It is the life Matt's always wanted; convinced he's lighter than air, he imagines
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…was a lackluster movie adaption of the first book a few years back, and there's a second movie due out next month. Hmmm... fun adventurous non-fantasy YA, first that comes to mind is Kenneth Oppel's Airborn, etc. Old-fashioned boy's adventure stories set in a steampunk universe.
on “J.K. Rowling and the Chamber of Literary Fame” ↗Y'all need to read Kenneth Oppel's Matt Cruse series (Airborn, Skybreaker and Starclimber, but mainly Airborn)
on “Bring back hydrogen lifting gas” ↗... and now I'm gonna go read Kenneth Oppel's Airborn, which if you haven't read, you should
on “Why we’ve canceled flights, and what we are doing to get back on track” ↗Slight spoilers, but: https://www.amazon.com/Airborn-Kenneth-Oppel/dp/0060531827/r...
on “Common swifts can stay aloft for up to 10 months” ↗