Like Holes by Louis Sachar, I started this book several times. Unlike Holes, I didn't get into it and then not be able to set it down. I even started listening to tapes, but for me the story just didn't move fast enough.
This doesn't appear to be a good recommendation by me. Actually it is a good book. If you like Treasure Island by Robert Louis Stephenson or any of the books by Jules Verne you will like this book. Plus, I have several students that love this book. Two of our book clubs read this book this year. Most liked it.
This book has a great premise. Airflight is developed at the turn of the century, but not airplanes. Air travel is by airship. Matt is a cabin boy on the Aurora. Kate is a very wealthy passenger, who is determined to explore the strange creatures that her grandfather wrote about in his log while traversing the Pacificus in his air balloon, solo. Matt, just happens to be the last person to talk to her grandfather. The Aurora is the airship that attempted to rescue her grandfather.
While crossing the Pacificus on the Aurora, they are boarded by air pirates! Although the pirates promise to not hurt anyone, a storm pushes the pirate airship into the Aurora damaging her. Yikes they are on a crash course into the ocean. What next?
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