Award-winning author Kenneth Oppel creates an eerie masterpiece in this compelling story that explores disability and diversity, fears and dreams, and what ultimately makes a family. With illustrations from celebrated artist Jon Klassen.
Kenneth Oppel's Airborn won a Printz Honor Award, and the Canadian
Governor General's Prize. Its sequel, Skybreaker, was a New York
Times bestseller. His Silverwing trilogy has sold over 1 million
copies worldwide, and has been adapted as an animated TV series and
stage play. Movie rights for This Dark Endeavour have been bought
by the producers of Twilight.
Jon Klassen is a Canadian writer and illustrator of children's
books, and an animator. He won both the American Caldecott Medal
and the British Kate Greenaway Medal for children's book
illustration, for his picture book This is Not My Hat. He is the
first person to win both awards for the same work.
A sneakily compulsive read with compassion and punch
*Francis Hardinge*
A beautifully written book about the important things in life. I
loved it
*Marcus Sedgwick*
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