![]() It won the Governor General's Literary Award for Children's Literature, the Red Maple Award (OLA), plus other super prestigious honors they hand out in Canada (where Oppel lives and works). No wonder it gained a ton of critical acclaim when it was published way back in 2004, right?Īnd by a ton of critical acclaim, we really do mean a ton. This book also has a spectacular shipwreck on an abandoned island, an entirely new species that is a cross between a panther and a bat, and a feud with some notoriously nasty pirates. What if airplanes hadn't been invented? In the world of Airborn, airships rule the skies." ( Source)Īnd the good times don't stop there, Shmoopsters. They were the biggest objects ever to fly. ![]() A luxurious passenger vessel bigger than the Titanic, yet lighter than air. When asked about the premise of his book, Airborn, Kenneth Oppel said: ![]()
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