![]() ![]() One year later, Matt leaves his home in Lionsgate City, a fictionalized Vancouver, to accompany the Aurora on its voyage to Sydney, Australia. His last words ramble about "beautiful creatures" that he supposedly saw on his ill-fated voyage. Matt saves the man, whose name is Benjamin Molloy, only to have him die shortly after being taken aboard. While on lookout duty, he spots a damaged balloon carrying an unconscious old man. The book takes place aboard a transoceanic luxury passenger airship, the Aurora, and is told from the perspective of its cabin boy, Matt Cruse.įifteen-year-old Matt Cruse is a cabin boy for the Aurora, an airship that stays afloat using a gas called "hydrium". Additionally, the world contains fictional animal species such as flying creatures that live their entire lives in the sky. ![]() The novel is set in an alternate history where the airplane has not been invented, and instead, airships are the primary form of air transportation. Airborn is a 2004 young adult novel by Kenneth Oppel. ![]()
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