Matt’s
dream was to become a sailmaker. Matt’s father had been a sailmaker. Sailmakers
kept the huge hydrium filled airships ready for flying and repaired them if
necessary in flight. Sailmakers had real dangers to deal with like pirates and
weather.
Then one
day Matt helped rescue a crippled balloon and heard the dying words of its
pilot. The old man spoke of magnificent creatures, an undiscovered species, he
had seen flying around an unknown island. Of course, he was delirious. Matt
knew that, everybody knew that. Until a year later when his granddaughter,
Kate, showed up as a passenger on the Aurora, carrying her grandfather’s log,
and determined to see what he had seen.
When Matt
examines the log he finds an amazing, unbelievable story. And he becomes
involved in a search for creatures that may rival or surpass anything airborn
in his world?
Booktalk by
Tom Reynolds, Sno-Isle Regional Library System.
Matt Cruse
lives, breaths, and love his life on the airship Aurora…a giant blimp that
travels the world, delivering cargo and entertaining wealthy passengers. Though
Matt is a lowly cabin boy, he dreams of the day he can follow in his father's
footsteps and become a full crewmember. While he is pretty sure he has what it
takes to become a sailmaker, he secretly aspires to be Captain one day, leading
a crew of his own. What Matt wants is a simple life, with good honest work, and
to never have to sleep on the land. Little does Matt know the adventure in
store for him, with mystery, murder, pirates, shipwrecks, romance, and a
fantastic discovery in the skies.
Booktalk by
Dawn Rutherford, KCLS
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