num_pages: 415
description: In the 1890s Conor and his family live on the sovereign Saltee Islands, off the Irish coast. Conor spends his days studying the science of flight with his tutor and exploring the castle with the king’s daughter, Princess Isabella. But the boy’s idyllic life changes forever the day he discovers a deadly conspiracy against the king. When Conor tries to intervene, he is branded a traitor and thrown into jail on the prison island of Little Saltee. There, he has to fight for his life, as he and the other prisoners are forced to mine for diamonds in inhumane conditions.There is only one way to escape Little Saltee, and that is to fly. So Conor passes the solitary months by scratching drawings of flying machines on the prison walls. The months turn into years; but eventually the day comes when Conor must find the courage to trust his revolutionary designs and take to the air.
language: English
title: Airman
titlecomplete: Airman
characters: Catherine Broekhart, Linus Wynter, Declan Broekhart, Conor Broekhart, Nicholas Trudeau, Hugo Bonvilain, Isabella Trudeau
genres: Fiction, Science Fiction, Historical, Adventure, Teen, Young Adult, Middle Grade, Historical Fiction, Fantasy, Steampunk
ratings_count: 19980
places: Saltee Islands
awards: awardedAt: 1293868800000
name: Iowa Teen Award, awardedAt: 1230796800000
name: Carnegie Medal, awardedAt: 1230796800000
name: Premio El Templo de las Mil Puertas
category: Mejor novela extranjera independiente
publisher: Hyperion Books