An Exhilarating Journey To The Starsor A Heartbreaking Battle For Survival?
Pilot-in-training Matt Cruse And His Love Interest, Kate De Vries, An Expert On High-altitude Life-forms, Are Invited Aboard The starclimber, A Vessel That Literally Climbs Its Way Into The Cosmos. Matt Secretly Plans On Asking Kate To Marry Him, But Before They Even Set Foot Aboard The Ship, Kate Announces Her Engagementto Someone Else.
despite This Bombshell, And Matt's Anguish, They Embark On Their Journey Into Space, But Soon The Ship Is Surrounded By Strange And Unsettling Life-forms, And The Crew Is Forced To Combat Devastating Mechanical Failure. For Matt, Kate, And The Entire Crew Of The starclimber, What Began As An Exciting Race To The Stars Has Now Turned Into A Battle To Save Their Lives.
children's Literature
this Third Entry In The Matt Cruse Series Raises The Stakes By Taking Its Hero Out Of The Sky And Up Into Space. In These Alternate Histories Of The Early 1900s, Air Travel Has Supplanted Trains And Ships. Young Matt Is A Sky Sailor Who, In The First Two Books, Fights A Pirate And Helps Recover A Long-missing Airship. In starclimber, Matt Trains To Serve Aboard The World's First Spaceship. Following The Standard Format For This Series, Poor Matt And His Wealthy Love Kate Devries Discover New Lifeforms And Face Incredible Danger Together. First Terrorists Try To Sabotage The Mission. Then The Ship Suffers Mechanical Failures And Attracts Unwanted Attention From Bizarre Alien Lifeforms. The Adventure Elements Work Very Well, As Usual. The Romance Between Kate And Matt, However, Seems Forced. Another Suitor Vies For Kate's Attention, And Neither Kate Nor Matt Seems To Have Considered How They Would Fit Into Each Other's Career And Life Plans. A Subplot Involving Women's Suffrage Serves Mostly To Contribute To A Stronger Impression Of Kate's Lack Of Understanding Of How The World Works For Those Who Do Not Have Tremendous Fortunes. Kate Herself Comes Across As Young, Naive, And Selfish. This Impression Is Reinforced By The New Actress Voicing Her. Meanwhile, The Same Voice Actor Has Portrayed Matt In All Three Books, Showing His Growing Maturity. The Infatuation Between The Two Seems Stilted In The Audio Performance As A Result. Reviewer: Kristina Cassidy
Categories:
- Teen & Young Adult
- Romance
- Science Fiction & Dystopian
- Romance
Publisher : HarperCollins
Author : Oppel, Kenneth
Language : English
Edition : 1
Published :2009-02-24
Number Of Pages : 400
Binding : Hardcover
ISBN-10 : 0060850574
ISBN-13 : 9780060850579
Item weight : 1.15 lb
Dimensions : 1.5 in x 5.9 in x 9.1 in
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