Archive for the ‘Classroom’ Category
Airborn
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Airborn (Book 1 – Airborn Series)
Eos, 2004
Fantasy Fiction
ISBN-10: 0060531800
355 pages
Honor Book – Michael L. Printz Award for Excellence in Young Adult Literature (ALA)
Eos, 2004
Fantasy Fiction
ISBN-10: 0060531800
355 pages
Honor Book – Michael L. Printz Award for Excellence in Young Adult Literature (ALA)
Synopsis
On a routine flight aboard the cruise airship the Aurora, Matt Cruse, its cabin boy, spots a fledgling hot air balloon heading toward them. Rescuing the pilot just before his inevitable death, Matt thinks nothing of the old man’s ramblings about some beautiful and unknown flying creatures.
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Silverwing
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Silverwing (Book 1 – Silverwing Trilogy)
Aladdin, 1997
Fantasy Fiction
ISBN-10: 0689825587
216 pages
Mr. Christie’s Book Award for 12 and Up
Canadian Library Association Book of the Year for Children
Aladdin, 1997
Fantasy Fiction
ISBN-10: 0689825587
216 pages
Mr. Christie’s Book Award for 12 and Up
Canadian Library Association Book of the Year for Children
Synopsis
Shade may be a young runt, but what he lacks in size, he easily makes up for in cunning. Determined to prove himself to his colony of Silverwing bats on his first dangerous winter migration to Hibernaculum, Shade gets separated from his kin during a fierce storm. …
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