General Information
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 Title:                  Airborn
 Author:                 Kenneth Oppel
 Read By:                David Kelly et al.
 Copyright:              2004
 Audiobook Copyright:    2004
 Genre:                  Alt-hist Fantasy
 Publisher:              FullCast Audio
 Abridged:               No

Original Media Information
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 Media:                  CDs
 Number:                 10
 Source:                 Library
 Condition:              Good

File Information
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 Number of MP3s:         32
 Total Duration:         10:45:43
 Total MP3 Size:         591.46
 Parity Archive:         No
 Ripped By:              theGeezer
 Ripped With:            Audiograbber
 Encoded With:           LAME
 Encoded At:             CBR 128 kbit/s 44100 Hz Stereo
 Normalize:              None
 Noise Reduction:        None
 ID3 Tags:               Set, v1.1, v2.3

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Try pars first, then ask. Bad files or distortions, tell me - I'll fix 
if possible. It's more a YA than a juvenile and very well reviewed.

Book Description
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Ripper's note:
I normally rip at 64/44/mono but this has multiple readers and stereo 
music and sound effects so it's at 128/44/stereo. Easy enough to downsample 
to 64K mono if you like.

Editorial Reviews
From School Library Journal
Grade 6-10 
Once in a long while, an adventure story captures the mind and
the heart of listeners/readers, creating a miniature world that
makes a deep impression on them. Such is the case with Kenneth
Oppel's Printz Honor Book (Eos, 2004) which weaves a magical
tale of adventure, treachery, friendship, and courage. Taking
place in a future where airships and blimps travel across the
Atlanticus and the Pacificus Oceans, cabin boy Matt Cruse, on
board the Aurora, battles pirates and prehistoric cloudcats,
accompanied by spirited heiress Kate DeVries. A cast of 32
actors, including high school sophomore David Kelly (as the
voice of Matt Cruse), delivers riveting narration and excellent
vocal special effects (such as the ship's captain speaking
through his radio). Full of fun, adventure, and heart, Airborn
makes for a one-of-kind listening experience. Fans of period
history, science fiction, and adventure will cheer Matt along.
This ALSC 2007 Notable Recording and YALSA 2007 Selected
Audiobook for Young Adults is a must for young adult
collections.—Larry Cooperman, Seminole High School, Sanford, FL
Copyright © Reed Business Information, a division of Reed Elsevier Inc. 
All rights reserved.

From Booklist
Gr. 6-8. Matt Cruse is a cabin boy aboard the luxury passenger airship 
Aurora when the ship encounters a battered hot air balloon with an unconscious 
man aboard. Before dying, the man claims to have seen beautiful creatures 
swarming in the air over an uncharted island. Not until a year later, 
when Matt meets the man's granddaughter, Kate de Vries, who boards the 
Aurora, does he learn that the man wasn't hallucinating. Pirates board, 
rob, and kill, and a fierce storm grounds the Aurora on the very island 
that Kate's grandfather spoke about--which proves to be the pirates' 
secret hideaway. Though readers will need to suspend disbelief of the 
mysterious flying creatures, which Matt and Kate call "cloud cats," 
details of life and work aboard the ship as well as the dramatic escapade 
itself make this a captivating read. Sally Estes
Copyright © American Library Association. All rights reserved --This 
text refers to the Hardcover edition.

