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Computer technician Jack Fletcher is no hero, despite his unwelcome reputation as one. In fact, he's just been the victim of bizarre circumstances. Like now. His sister happens to disturb one of his nanoelectromechanical system experiments, and now they aren't where they're supposed to be. In fact, they're not sure where they are when they wake up to see a woman with the reddest hair Jack has ever seen--and a gun. Octavia Pye is an Aerocorps captain...
2) Prudence
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Series
Custard protocol volume 1
Pub. Date
2015.
Language
English
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Twenty-year-old Prudence "Rue" Akeldama and her friends journey in a gaudy dirigible to India in search of a superior type of tea for her adoptive father, a wealthy vampire, only to run headfirst into danger, intrigue, and local politics.
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I survived volume 13
Publisher
Scholastic Inc
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5 - AR Pts: 2
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English
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In 1937, eleven-year-old Hugo Ballard and his family are making a transatlantic journey on the Hindenburg zeppelin, but as the airship gets ready to land, a blast rocks it, sparking a fire that puts Hugo in a desperate race to escape the flames.
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Children of the flying city volume 1
Pub. Date
2022.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.4 - AR Pts: 15
Language
English
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"Brought to the flying city of Highgate when he was only five years old, orphan Milo Quick has never known another home. Now almost thirteen, Milo survives one daredevil grift at a time, relying only on his wit, speed, and best friends Jules and Dagda. Amassive armada has surrounded Highgate's crumbling armaments. Because behind locked doors--in opulent parlors and pneumatic forests and a master toymaker's workshop--the once-great flying city protects...
6) Airborn
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Accelerated Reader
IL: MG+ - BL: 5.1 - AR Pts: 15
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English
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Matt, a young cabin boy aboard an airship, and Kate, a wealthy young girl traveling with her chaperone, team up to search for the existence of mysterious winged creatures reportedly living hundreds of feet above the Earth's surface.
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Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.4 - AR Pts: 1
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English
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Describes the history of the Hindenburg airship and its fateful flight from Germany to the United States in 1937, when it burst into flames upon arrival, and details the decline of the use of airships for commercial transportation.
10) Skybreaker
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Accelerated Reader
IL: MG+ - BL: 5 - AR Pts: 16
Language
English
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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.
11) Starclimber
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Series
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG+ - BL: 4.9 - AR Pts: 15
Language
English
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As members of the first crew of astralnauts, Matt Cruse and Kate De Vries journey into outer space on the "Starclimber" and face a series of catastrophes that threaten the survival of all on board.
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Cinder spires volume 1
Pub. Date
2015
Language
English
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An airship's crew become humanity's lone defenders when an ancient enemy reawakens and threatens the world with monstrous creatures and perpetual darkness.
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Carmer and Grit volume 2
Pub. Date
2018.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 6.4 - AR Pts: 13
Language
English
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When magician's apprentice Felix Carmer III and his faerie companion Grit come across a magical flying circus, it becomes clear that there is something not normal about it or its inventor, and that it may be related to regional airship disasters.
14) Flight of dreams
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Pub. Date
2016
Language
English
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On the evening of May 3rd, 1937, ninety-seven people board the Hindenburg for its final, doomed flight to Lakehurst, New Jersey. Among them are a frightened stewardess who is not what she seems; the steadfast navigator determined to win her heart; a naive cabin boy eager to earn a permanent spot on the world’s largest airship; an impetuous journalist who has been blacklisted in her native Germany; and an enigmatic American businessman with a score...
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Publisher
Bearport Publishing
Pub. Date
[2023]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.8 - AR Pts: 1
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English
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"Reporters gathered in the rain to watch in awe as the Hindenburg was scheduled to touch down on May 6, 1937. Their awe quickly turned to horror as the airship burst into flames and plunged to the ground. Follow along with the true story of a doomed airship that changed the course of aviation. Then, review what you've learned with a recap timeline and a quick quiz to check how much doomed history you remember"--
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