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Violence
Some
Action sequences including pirate attacks and creature danger; appropriate YA intensity
Language
None
Clean language
Sexual Content
None
No sexual content
Substance Use
None
No substance use
Emotional Intensity
Barely any
Themes of ambition, wonder, and what we owe the natural world
What this book is about
Matt Cruse is a cabin boy on the luxury airship Aurora when a chance encounter with a dying balloonist sets him on a path to discover a new species of creature that lives high in the atmosphere. Oppel's steampunk YA adventure won the Governor General's Award and the Canadian Library Association Book of the Year. Richly imagined and genuinely exciting.
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Pirate and creature action sequences
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