SmartBean Review
Winner of the Canadian Library Association’s Children’s Book of the Year Honor Award for 2009, Starclimber is the third book in the Kenneth Oppel’s award-winning series after the hugely popular books – Airborn and Skybreaker. Oppel once again brings together protagonists Matt Cruse and Kate de Vries – this time in an exciting adventure aboard the spaceship Starclimber.
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"Mr. Cruse, how high would you like to fly?"
A smile soared across my face.
"As high as I possibly can."
Pilot-in-training Matt Cruse and Kate de Vries, expert on high-altitude life-forms, are invited aboard the Starclimber, a vessel that literally climbs its way into the cosmos. Before they even set foot aboard the ship, catastrophe strikes:
Kate announces she is engaged—and not to Matt.
Despite this bombshell, Matt and Kate embark on their journey into space, but soon the ship is surrounded by strange and unsettling life-forms, and the crew is forced to combat devastating mechanical failure. For Matt, Kate, and the entire crew of the Starclimber, what began as an exciting race to the stars has now turned into a battle to save their lives.
Award-winning and bestselling author Kenneth Oppel brings us back to a rich world of flight and fantasy in this breathtaking new sequel to Airborn and Skybreaker.
[...] Airborn Trilogy [...]