Query: 1997 Irish or Canadian novels or Novels by Kenneth Oppel
Domain: books
Relevant documents:
Skybreaker
Darkwing (novel)
The Fort at River's Bend
The Underpainter
Firewing
Dead Right (novel)
The Last Arrow
The Magician's Wife
Illegal Alien (Sawyer novel)
No Crystal Stair
Starclimber
Barney's Version (novel)
Down by the River (novel)
One Day as a Tiger
Silverwing (novel)
Airborn (novel)
The Untouchable (novel)
Expendable
Evidence from documents: Skybreaker: ''Skybreaker''''', sequel to ''Airborn'', is a young adult fantasy novel written by Canadian author Kenneth Oppel.
Darkwing (novel): is a young adult fantasy novel by Canadian author Kenneth Oppel.
The Fort at River's Bend: a 1997 historical novel by Canadian novelist Jack Whyte.
The Underpainter: The story takes place mainly in Canada and the United States in the early years of the 20th century.
Firewing: '''Firewing''''' is a children's book written by the Canadian author, Kenneth Oppel.
Dead Right (novel): Canadian novels: '''''Dead Right''''' is the ninth novel by Canadian detective fiction writer Peter Robinson in the Inspector Banks series.
1997: It was published in 1997, and re-titled '''''Blood at the Root''''' in the US.
The Last Arrow: is a 1997 historical novel by Canadian author Marsha Canham
The Magician's Wife: '''''The Magician's Wife''''', published in 1997, was the last novel by the Northern Irish-Canadian writer Brian Moore.
Illegal Alien (Sawyer novel): Canadian novels: '''''Illegal Alien''''' is a science fiction and mystery novel by Canadian novelist Robert J. Sawyer.
1997: The story was published in hardback in December 1997, and appeared in paperback in England in January 1998 and in the United States in January 1999.
No Crystal Stair: is a 1997 novel by Canadian author Mairuth Sarsfield.
Starclimber: '''''Starclimber''''' is the third book in the ''Matt Cruse'' fantasy series, written by Canadian author Kenneth Oppel.




Matt Cruse is piloting an aerocrane for France's Celestial Tower where he narrowly survives a terrorist attack by the Babelites, a group of people who are opposed to humans reaching the heavens. After the incident, he meets with Kate de Vries, and is saddened to hear that Kate will soon return to Lionsgate City.
Barney's Version (novel): '''Barney's Version''''' is a novel written by Canadian author Mordecai Richler, published by Knopf Canada in 1997.
Down by the River (novel): First edition(publ. Weidenfeld & Nicolson)
'''''Down by the River''''' is a 1997 novel by Irish novelist Edna O'Brien. The novel depicts the response of a local community the a girl, Mary, abuse by her father being exposed to their local community when she tries to get an abortion. The ensuing legal battle in a country which bans abortions.
One Day as a Tiger: Published in 1997 it was shortlisted for the Whitbread First Novel Award that year and won the Rooney Prize for Irish Literature.
Silverwing (novel): '''''Silverwing''''' is a best-selling children's novel, written by Kenneth Oppel, first published in 1997 by HarperCollins. It tells the story of a colony of silverwing bats. The tone and artistic ambition of this series of bestsellers has been compared to the classic animal novel ''Watership Down''. ''Silverwing'' is the first installment of the Silverwing series, though it is chronologically the second novel in the sequence after ''Darkwing''.
Airborn (novel): '''''Airborn''''' is a 2004 young adult novel by Kenneth Oppel.
The Untouchable (novel): '''''The Untouchable''''' is a 1997 novel by John Banville. The book is written as a ''roman à clef'', presented from the point of view of the art historian, double agent and homosexual Victor Maskell—a character based largely on Cambridge spy Anthony Blunt and in part on Irish poet Louis MacNeice.