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.
* "Canadian railway history, fantasy, a flutter of romance--and a
thoughtful examination of social injustice--collide in this
entertaining swashbuckler from the author of Printz Honor-winning
Airborn."-- "Kirkus, starred review"
* "Oppel's (Such Wicked Intent) imagination and sense of adventure
never disappoint, and readers should thrill to this rousing tale as
it barrels ahead at full speed."-- "Publishers Weekly, starred
review"
* "Oppel's...imagination and sense of adventure never disappoint,
and readers should thrill to this rousing tale as it barrels ahead
at full speed."-- "School Library Journal, starred review"
* "An epic journey novel with a distinctive setting, a powerful
sense of adventure, and just a whiff of steampunk."-- "Booklist,
starred review"
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