Airman

De: Eoin Colfer

Narrado por: John Keating

Conor Broekhart was born to fly. In fact, legend has it that he was born flying, in a hot air balloon at the Paris World’s Fair.

In the 1890s Conor and his family live on the sovereign Saltee Islands, off the Irish coast. Conor spends his days studying the science of flight with his tutor and exploring the castle with the king’s daughter, Princess Isabella. But the boy’s idyllic life changes forever the day he discovers a deadly conspiracy against the king. When Conor tries to intervene, he is branded a traitor and thrown into jail on the prison island of Little Saltee. There, he has to fight for his life, as he and the other prisoners are forced to mine for diamonds in inhumane conditions.

There is only one way to escape Little Saltee, and that is to fly. So Conor passes the solitary months by scratching drawings of flying machines on the prison walls. The months turn into years; but eventually the day comes when Conor must find the courage to trust his revolutionary designs and take to the skies.©2008 Eoin Colfer; (P)2008 Random House, Inc.

Reseñas de la Crítica

Praise for Airman:

'Swashbuckling high adventure . . . His strongest work yet' – Guardian

'Better fun than this will be hard to come by' – The Times

'A classic swashbuckling adventure' – Irish Independent Review

Praise for other books by Eoin Colfer:

'Wickedly brilliant' – Independent (on Artemis Fowl)

'As ever, Colfer's story rattles along at a tremendous pace with a cast of eccentric and explosive characters' – Guardian (on The Supernaturalist)

'Unputdownable' – Irish Times (on Half Moon Investigations)—

Wow!!

This may be my favorite young adult book! So fun and exciting. Very well written and the audio performance stellar.

my favorite book ever

I've loved this book since I was in middle school, I am now a mother to 3 children and have shared this book with them

adventure,charming atmosphere, worthy characters

The author of the Artemis Fowl series brings this story of an island kingdom from the last century alive with excitement. The requisite princess and hero start as babes and suffer through love, murder, greed, power hungry attacks,a prison like the Chateau D'If, and the imagination to want to fly. There are great characters who support the story throughout.

One of my favorites

I love this book. I will always love this book. A terrific story. I enjoyed listening just as much as I did reading it.

Captivating!

I love this author and was not disappointed, great preformance by the narrator as well!