Starclimber

Name: Starclimber
Rating: 4.647058963775635 (51 reviews)

Kenneth Oppel

Oct 2009 · Sold by Harper Collins

51 reviews

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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.

"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...

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51 reviews

Evangeliman Private

March 4, 2015

the whole Airborn Series is one of my favorite reads of all time up there with His Dark Materials by Phillip Pullman. I LOVE these books, and I'm a very picky reader! these are very suitable to younger readers, but you should judge your own children. its by no means childish. there is violence but not overly much and its tasteful spaced in the book, most memorable for me are the interactions between characters.

A Google user

January 18, 2012

This book reveals the passion Matt Cruse has to the Starclimber. Even while trouble followed, he still sticks for the best! Also, he starts out as an "amateur" and raises himself into captain for one point. Captain Waiken has still shown fortitude to others for Matt's rise.

Jonathan Brumfield

January 23, 2016

One of my favorite stories, I just keep rereading this entire trilogy!! Great plot line and twists, wish he would write more books following this story!

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About the author

KENNETH OPPEL is the bestselling author of numerous books for young readers. His award-winning Silverwing trilogy has sold over a million copies worldwide. Airborn won the Governor General’s Literary Award and was named a Michael L. Printz Honor Book. Oppel is also the author of Half Brother, This Dark Endeavour, The Boundless, The Nest, Inkling and the Bloom trilogy. His latest novels are Ghostlight and Best of All Worlds, which was nominated for a Governor General’s Literary Award and named Children’s Book of the Year by the Times.

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