Starclimber, Kenneth Oppel
Starclimber, Kenneth Oppel
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Starclimber
Adventure, Romance, and Terror Beyond the Bounds of Gravity

Author: Kenneth Oppel

Narrator: David Kelly, Full Cast

Unabridged: 11 hr 44 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Published: 01/01/2010

Synopsis

Matt Cruse is back in the phenomenal third volume in Kenneth Oppel's best-selling, award-winning series - and this time he's heading for outer space.Airborn and Skybreaker, the first two books in the series, have been among our best-selling and most-honored titles, and we think you'll find this one just as thrilling - if not more so.Featuring an international cast of larger-than-life characters, this is adventure fiction at its finest.©2009 Kenneth Oppel (P)2010 Full Cast Audio

About Kenneth Oppel

Kenneth Oppel is the author of numerous books for young readers. His award-winning Silverwing trilogy has sold over a million copies worldwide and been adapted as an animated TV series and stage play. Airborn won a Michael L. Printz Honor Book Award and the Canadian Governor General’s Literary Award for children’s literature; its sequel, Skybreaker, was a New York Times bestseller and was named Children’s Novel of the Year by the London Times. He is also the author of Half Brother, This Dark Endeavor, Such Wicked Intent, and The Boundless. Born on Canada’s Vancouver Island, he has lived in Nova Scotia and Newfoundland, Canada; in England and Ireland; and now resides in Toronto with his wife and children. Visit him at KennethOppel.ca.

Reviews

Goodreads review by Morgan on August 16, 2010

One reason I love this series is because it's good clean fun and a traditional adventure. It's nonstop thrilling action. It doesn't fall prey to modern fantasy trends such as all-consuming romance, vampires, werewolves, and fictional boarding schools. This series finds its roots in Jules Verne, but......more

Goodreads review by Mary on August 26, 2008

Fantastic. This book lives up to the others in the series. I really enjoyed the thought of their Starclimber. Though the marriage stuff between Matt and Kate was like, "Ah! What's gonna happen? WILL SHE REALLY DO IT?" I still was able to keep my vitals mostly normal. I found myself wanting to kick K......more

Goodreads review by Skip on March 19, 2016

A celestial tower is being built to the heavens in Paris, when a pioneer (Lunardi) decides to launch is own space effort. He recruits 100 candidates from all walks of life to become the first "astralnauts," to man the Starclimber: a spaceship tethered to a 25,000 mile cable. Kate DeVries and another......more

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