Read by David Kelly and the Full Cast family. Requires earbuds and 1 AAA battery for use.
Contents:
Ship's eyes -- Up ship! -- Kate -- Hot chocolate for two -- Log of the Endurance -- Szpirglas -- Sinking -- Island -- Bones -- Shipshape -- One that fell -- Shipwrecked -- Hydrium -- Nest -- Cloud Cat -- Rescue -- Pit -- Ship taken -- Airborne -- Airborn -- At anchor.
Summary:
Matt Cruse is a cabin boy on the Aurora, a huge airship that sails hundreds of feet above the ocean, ferrying wealthy passengers from city to city. It is the life Matt's always wanted -- convinced he's lighter than air, he imagines himself as buoyant as the hydrium gas that powers his ship. One night he meets a dying balloonist who speaks of beautiful creatures drifting through the skies. It is only after Matt meets the balloonist's granddaughter that he realizes that the man's ravings may, in fact, have been true, and that the creatures are completely real and utterly mysterious.
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