I'd only hesitate with very young children because of the deaths, and the pirates may be scary for them. I think this would be a great book to read to kids that were not old enough to read it themselves. For parents - There wasn't anything in it to give parents pause - except for a few deaths in the battles with the pirates - a couple good guys, a few bad guys, but although there were sad deaths (the good guys) nothing was too graphic. The protagonist, 15 year old Matt, is likable, responsible, honest and the story is well written. I wouldn't assume girls wouldn't like this one. It might appear to be more of a "boy book", but there is a main character who is a girl, so there's someone girls can relate to, and a bit of wholesome romance. It takes place in an alternate history of our world - so it may be classified as fantasy, but it is not really a fantasy story - it's an adventure story. Set in an imaginary past where giant airships rule the skies, Airborn is the story of Matt Cruse, the fifteen-year-old cabin boy of the 900 foot luxury airship, Aurora. Airborn is about a cabin boy on an passenger air ship. (20.52) But then comes disappointment, and a major turning point for Matt: I could not fly.
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