Skybreaker - Kenneth Oppel

The sequel to Airborn, the critically acclaimed novel by Kenneth Oppel, revolving around Matt Cruse, a cabin boy, who aspires to be a captain one day, but due to his poor background, has to work really hard. In Skybreaker, Matt, on his work program spots the legendary Hyperion, a rumoured ghost ship full of gold and treasure, and pirates are chasing him to get the co-ordinates. It is a race against time and the pirates, to reach there first. Along with Kate, whom he met and fell in love with in the last novel, Nadira, a gypsy girl who apparently holds the only key being able to hold the safe, and Hal, owner of the ship capable of sailing 20000 feet ...  Read the complete review