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(The Cloud Hunters #2)
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In a world where islands float above the sun and Cloud Hunters sail the skies for water, orphans Gemma and Martin live with their 120-year-old great, great, grand aunt Peggy and the sky-cat Botcher on a remote rock miles from civilisation. When Peggy decides they should visit City Island to register at school, the group embarks on a trip that will take them through unchart
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Oh wow. When I read The Cloud Hunters, I proclaimed it to be a perfect book. Sky Run returns us to the amazing world Shearer created in that book and this time we're following siblings Martin and Gemma as they make the long, hazardous journey from their home in the outskirts to City Island, where they plan to enrol in school.
The story-telling is again absolutely enchanting - Sky Run is narrated by Gemma and Martin, who alternate every few chapters. They both have distinct voices: Gemma's full of ...more
The story-telling is again absolutely enchanting - Sky Run is narrated by Gemma and Martin, who alternate every few chapters. They both have distinct voices: Gemma's full of ...more
Il libro è bellissimo, ma non capisco perché in italiano il titolo è stato tradotto "cacciatori di nuvole la grande avventura".
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"The sky is a vast, nightless, dangerous place."
This was actually quite good. Turns out it's not just for kids to read but for teens and adults as well. But honestly if I were still a kid back then reading this thing, I would still marked this book as not understandable in terms of extensive word vocabulary and some adult jokes being applied.
Let's just say that the introductions to Peggy, Gemma, and Martin didn't come out strong ever since they first met. Peggy just explained their whole fla
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Rating: 3.5
I really, really loved the first book in this series, The Cloud Hunters, & I did enjoy Sky Run as well, however is was incredibly different to its prequel. Sky Run had a very odd feel to it; the plot was incredibly random & at times was just totally bonkers. I loved the characters though & I must admit that I did enjoy following them on their voyage across the sky. I’m sad this is the last book in this series - Sky Run wasn’t as good at The Cloud Hunters, but I still love the world th ...more
I really, really loved the first book in this series, The Cloud Hunters, & I did enjoy Sky Run as well, however is was incredibly different to its prequel. Sky Run had a very odd feel to it; the plot was incredibly random & at times was just totally bonkers. I loved the characters though & I must admit that I did enjoy following them on their voyage across the sky. I’m sad this is the last book in this series - Sky Run wasn’t as good at The Cloud Hunters, but I still love the world th ...more
A gentle, dreamy ride, quite unlike the plot-driven adventures or puzzle-filled whodunits I usually read. Both the world and aspects of the story have some logical holes. In another book, that would greatly annoy me but, in this one, it didn't really seem to matter too much. The world and the plot (what there is of it) are only a vehicle for the characters and their development, both of which are drawn superbly. Perhaps this quote from the book sums it up "In my opinion, that's about the best yo
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I think the great thing about this book is that it manages to communicate some things that usually take people a paragraph and a dictionary full of complicated words to say, all while using simple words that arguably make it better for what it says.
It was a good book, not too long and very exciting.
Real People in a Strange Place. (Sky Sharks!)
Here's the thing. Sometimes when an author creates an alternate world the lion's share of the book consists of the author huffing and puffing and straining to create and present his vision. There's a lot of exposition and explanation and description. The characters are just a marginal presence and the plot is just a device to move people around so the reader can experience more of this created world. I'm thinking variations on the "Avatar" experience. ...more
Here's the thing. Sometimes when an author creates an alternate world the lion's share of the book consists of the author huffing and puffing and straining to create and present his vision. There's a lot of exposition and explanation and description. The characters are just a marginal presence and the plot is just a device to move people around so the reader can experience more of this created world. I'm thinking variations on the "Avatar" experience. ...more
I enjoyed this journey, loved the way their world works
Just couldn't seem to get into this one. I didn't finish it...
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Alex Shearer started his writing career as a scriptwriter and has had great success in that field. His credits include The Two of Us, the 1990s sitcom starring Nicholas Lyndhurst. More recently he has started writing for children. His Wilmot stories have been adapted for TV by Yorkshire television, and his children's novel, The Greatest Store in the World, was screened as a feature length TV film
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