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In the late nineteenth century, when Conor Broekhart discovers a conspiracy to overthrow the king, he is branded a traitor, imprisoned, and forced to mine for diamonds under brutal conditions while he plans a daring escape from Little Saltee prison by way of a flying machine that he must design, build, and, hardest of all, trust to carry him to safety.
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Flying-machines, Adventure and adventurers, Juvenile fiction, Fiction, Flying machines, Islands, Young Adult Fiction, Inventors, Prisoners, History, Adventure stories, Flight, Children's stories, Adventure fiction, Historical fiction, Large type books, Children's fiction, Adventure and adventurers, fiction, Islands, fiction, Inventors, fiction, Ireland, fiction, Flight, fiction, English literatureTimes
1837-1901, 19th centuryShowing 4 featured editions. View all 18 editions?
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Edition Notes
"A Junior Library Guild book."
Reading level 7.1.
Genre: historical fiction.
Accelerated Reader AR MG 5.8 16.0 119440.
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One dark night on the island of Great Saltee, fourteen-year-old Conor is framed for a terrible crime he didn't commit. Thrown into prison by the dastardly Hugo Bonvilain, Conor is trapped in a seaswept dungeon and branded a traitor. He must escape and clear his name; he wants his old life back – his family, his friends . . . and his princess.Conor knows there is only one way out. It's an impossible task, which has never been done before. But Conor is determined to do it. He'll have to fly.Swashbuckling new fiction from the amazing Eoin Colfer, ideal for readers aged 11+.
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