New Releases by Kenneth Oppel

Included in this edition of This Dark Endeavor, enjoy a free edition of Mary Shelley''s classic Frankenstein. The purest intentions can stir up the darkest obsessions. In this prequel to Mary Shelley’s gothic classic, Frankenstein, 16-year-old Victor Frankenstein begins a dark journey that will change his life forever. Victor’s twin, Konrad, has fallen ill, and no doctor is able to cure him. Unwilling give up on his brother, Victor, his beautiful cousin Elizabeth, and best friend Henry begin a treacherous search for the ingredients to create the forbidden Elixir of Life. Impossible odds, dangerous alchemy, and a bitter love triangle threaten their quest at every turn. Victor knows he must not fail. But his success depends on how far he is willing to push the boundaries of nature, science and, love -- and how much he is willing to sacrifice.

Reading is always in, and this free teen e-sampler has something for everyone! Featuring first chapter excerpts from: Everlost by Neal Shusterman Cryer’s Cross by Lisa McMann Blood Red Road by Moira Young Possession by Elana Johnson Love Story by Jennifer Echols Wildefire by Karsten Knight Clean by Amy Reed This Dark Endeavor by Kenneth Oppel

From the Printz-Honor-winning author of Airborn comes an absorbing YA novel about a teen boy whose scientist parents take in a chimpanzee to be part of the family.For thirteen years, Ben Tomlin was an only child. But all that changes when his mother brings home Zan -- an eight-day-old chimpanzee. Ben''s father, a renowned behavioral scientist, has uprooted the family to pursue his latest research project: a high-profile experiment to determine whether chimpanzees can acquire advanced language skills. Ben''s parents tell him to treat Zan like a little brother. Ben reluctantly agrees. At least now he''s not the only one his father''s going to scrutinize.It isn''t long before Ben is Zan''s favorite, and Ben starts to see Zan as more

An old church tower has a problem with bats, but when Tina’s homemade Bat Zapper attracts more bats than it repels, the boys take matters into their own hands. Or is it really a vampire they’re up against?

"Mr. Cruse, how high would you like to fly?" A smile soared across my face. "As high as I possibly can." Pilot-in-training Matt Cruse and Kate de Vries, expert on high-altitude life-forms, are invited aboard the Starclimber, a vessel that literally climbs its way into the cosmos. Before they even set foot aboard the ship, catastrophe strikes: Kate announces she is engaged—and not to Matt. Despite this bombshell, Matt and Kate 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. Award-winning and bestselling author Kenneth Oppel brings us back to a rich world of flight and fantasy in this breathtaking new sequel to Airborn and Skybreaker.

Sailing toward dawn, and I was perched atop the crow''s nest, being the ship''s eyes. We were two nights out of Sydney, and there''d been no weather to speak of so far. I was keeping watch on a dark stack of nimbus clouds off to the northwest, but we were leaving it far behind, and it looked to be smooth going all the way back to Lionsgate City. Like riding a cloud. . . . 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. In a swashbuckling adventure reminiscent of Jules Verne and Robert Louis Stevenson, Kenneth Oppel, author of the best-selling Silverwing trilogy, creates an imagined world in which the air is populated by transcontinental voyagers, pirates, and beings never before dreamed of by the humans who sail the skies.

The royal chef takes Max the dog, the royal taster, on several international journeys to find a dish for the land''s pickiest king.

Il y a soixante-cinq millions d''années, les ancêtres des chauves-souris savaient seulement planer de branche en branche grâce à leurs " voiles " couvertes de fourrure. Le petit Dusk - fils d''Icaron, chef de la colonie - est la risée des autres jeunes : avec ses épaules surdéveloppées et ses membranes dépourvues de poils, il a vraiment une drôle d''allure ! Or, Dusk n''a qu''un désir : voler. Il ose peu à peu s''aventurer en territoire interdit - la cime des arbres, le ciel, domaine des oiseaux. Les représailles ne se font pas attendre...

Vor 65 Millionen Jahren: Vor 65 Millionen Jahren führt Dämmer, ein Chiropter ein schweres Leben. Er entdeckt neue Sinne und eine vollkommen neue Fortbewegungsart. Aufgrund dieser und anderer Umstände wird er immer unbeliebter in seiner Kolonie. Doch eines Tages fällt ein Ungeheuer vom Himmel. Ab da überschlagen sich die Ereignisse: Katzenartige Wesen, die Feliden, greifen die Kolonie an, eine andere Kolonie will sie nicht zum Schutz aufnehmen und die Chiropter werden durch fremde List fast zu Vogelfutter. Kann Dämmer mit seinen besonderen Fähigkeiten die Kolonie retten oder muss er zusehen, wie seine Verwandten einer nach dem anderen sterben? Eine abenteuerliche Reise ins Ungewisse beginnt. Die spannende Vorgeschichte zur weltberühmten Fledermaus-Trilogie von Kenneth Oppel ist zwar packend geschrieben, hat aber so gut wie keinen Zusammenhang mit der dreiteiligen Hauptgeschichte. Ich finde es zwar eine lustige Idee, dass die Titel aller vier Bücher mit "Flügel" enden, es scheint aber, als würde Oppel bei seinen Titeln etwas unter Ideenlosigkeit leiden. Ab 12 Jahren, *****, Gleb Ebert, Schüler OS Gundeldingen.

When a newborn bat named Shade but sometimes called "Runt" becomes separated from his colony during migration, he grows in ways that prepare him for even greater journeys.

Matt Cruse, a student at the Airship Academy, and Kate de Vries, a young heiress, team up with a gypsy and a daring captain, to find a long-lost airship, rumored to carry a treasure beyond imagination.

Matt et son amie essaient de résoudre le mystère entourant Hyperion, le célèbre bateau fantôme qui a disparu une quarantaine d''années plus tôt avec, à son bord, l''inventeur excentrique Théodore Grunel et son immense fortune. Qui réussira à s''élever à 6 000 mètres du sol et à mettre la main sur cette fortune?

Die Hyperion, ein riesiges Luftschiff, das seit 40 Jahren verschollen ist, treibt in 20.000 Fuss Höhe führerlos durch die Atmosphäre und soll angeblich unermessliche Schätze in sich bergen. Matt und Kate wollen trotz aller Gefahren die Bergung riskieren. (Fortsetzung von äWolkenpantherä). Ab 10.

Dans la tradition des romans de Jules Verne et de Robert Louis Stevenson, Kenneth Oppel dépeint un monde aérien imaginaire, peuplé de voyageurs transcontinentaux, de pirates et de créatures fabuleuses.

The forest heaves and splits in a terrible quake, and Griffin, a newborn Silverwing bat, is sucked down a fissure deep into the earth. Shade, Griffin''s father, soon realizes that his son has been drawn into the Underworld, and embarks on the most dangerous of journeys to rescue him. Shade knows he must find Griffin quickly -- legend dictates that if the living stumble into the land of the dead, they have only a short time before death claims them, too. But something else is hunting Griffin -- a deadly foe Shade hoped he would never see again. Who will find Griffin first? And who will survive to embark on the perilous journey back to the land of the living? In this riveting companion to the acclaimed novels Silverwing and Sunwing, Kenneth Oppel creates a story that will resonate with readers of all ages -- a glorious fantasy adventure in which the living and the dead struggle for the sake of eternity.

Shade is a young bat, the runt of the Silverwing colony. When he gets lost during a perilous migration he must prove his strength to find his flock again. A Smithsonian Notable Book for Children.

Humourous stories - robots - fiction.

When Giles, Tina and Kevin see books moving in the library, all by themselves, they know they have to investigate. But Tina''s amazing ghostometer doesn''t pick up any ghosts, so what could that mysterious presence be? Nobody expects what they actually find - and once again, it takes a dose of Giles''s own common-sense magic to get things back to normal.

Emma is contest crazy. The only problem is, she never wins anything. Then one day a huge crate arrives on her doorstep. This must be the best prize ever, thinks Emma. Breathless with excitement, she opens the crate to reveal - an emu! What will Emma do with her remarkable new pet? And what on earth will her mother say?

Giles Barnes and his family have just moved ... into a very strange house. Creaks, rustles and fluttering sounds fill his bedroom. Ghosts! Giles enlists the help of his new neighbours, "local geniuses" Tina and Kevin Quark, and their "ghostometer", to investigate. Together, Barnes and the Brains solve the mystery, and get rid of the ghosts for good.

Eleven-year-old Colin discovers that the spaceships in his favourite video game are actually controlled by tiny men, who promise to help him in an upcoming contest.