Airman

Title
Airman

Personal Author EPSB
Eoin, Colfer

Summary
In the late nineteenth century, when Conor Broekhart discovers a conspiracy to overthrow the king, he is branded a traitor, imprisoned, and forced to mine for diamonds under brutal conditions while he plans a daring escape from Little Saltee prison by way of a flying machine that he must design, build, and, hardest of all, trust to carry him to safety.

Year Published
2020,
 
2008

Physical Description
412 pages ; 20 cm

Age Interest level
Gr. 5-9

Grade Interest level
5-8

Program Information
Literature
 
Gr. 7+
 
Accelerated Reader MG 5.8 16.0 119440

Awards
YRCA 2011 Intermediate Division Nominee

Subject
Flying machines -- Fiction.
 
Adventure stories.
 
Prisoners -- Fiction.
 
Inventors -- Fiction.
 
Islands -- Fiction.

Geographic Term
Saltee Islands (Ireland) -- History -- 19th century -- Fiction.
 
Ireland -- History -- 1837-1901 -- Fiction.

Genre
Adventure fiction

Curriculum Objective
YRCA 2011 local

Summary
In the late nineteenth century, when Conor Broekhart discovers a conspiracy to overthrow the king, he is branded a traitor, imprisoned, and forced to mine for diamonds under brutal conditions while he plans a daring escape from Little Saltee prison by way of a flying machine that he must design, build, and, hardest of all, trust to carry him to safety.

ISBN
9781423107514
 
9781423107507
 
9781368068666

Publisher
New York : Disney/Hyperion, [2009]
 
New York : Hyperion Books for Children, 2008.
 
New York : Disney/Hyperion, 2020.
 
©2008


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