AIRMAN

Book ID/图书代码： 04300007B15819

English Summary/英文概要： Conor Broekhart was born to fly. Or more accurately, he was born flying. Little wonder he became what he became. In an age of discovery and invention, many dreamed of flying, but for Conor flight was more than just a dream, it was his destiny. In one dark night on the island of Great Saltee, a cruel and cunning betrayal destroyed his life and stole his future. Now Conor must win the race for flight, to save his family and right a terrible wrong...Swashbuckling new fiction from the amazing Eoin Colfer, ideal for readers aged 10+.

Chinese Summary/中文概要： 科諾 (Conor Broekhart)生下來就會飛，或者該更精確地說，他生下來就在飛。在這個充滿創造與發明的年代，許多人夢想著飛行。但對科諾來說，飛翔不是個夢想，那是他的命運。
梭提島上某個黑暗的夜晚，發生了一個狡詐且無情的背叛事件，毀了科諾的生活， 偷走柯諾的夢想。唯有贏得飛行競賽的冠軍，科諾才能保護他的家人，揪出事件元兇…

Awards/获奖情况：此書同時榮獲Publisher Weekly、Kirkus、School Library Journal一致推薦為”Starred review”重點書籍
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* 英美出版社宣傳影片: http://eoincolfer.com/news/category/airman/ STARRED review from the 12 November 2007 issue of
Publishers Weekly: Eoin Colfer. Airman. Hyperion, $17.99 (416p) ISBN 978-1-4231-0750-0 An homage both to the 19th-century science fiction of H.G. Wells and Jules Verne, and to the superheroes of Marvel and DC comics, Colfer’s latest brims with boy appeal. The story starts with the hero’s portentous birth in a hot air balloon above the 1878 World’s Fair, in Paris. But Conor Broekhart’s home lies in the Saltee Islands, two (real) islets off the Irish coast, where he is raised as a favorite son, his best friend being Princess Isabella, King Nicholas’s only heir. His key association, however, is with Isabella’s tutor, a Frenchman who takes Conor under his wing, instructing him in fencing, fighting and the fledgling science of human flight—a consuming passion for many in the decade before the Wright Brothers’ 1905 breakthrough. While the king is a progressive pacifist, his economy hums on the strength of diamonds mined in Little Saltee by prisoners under the control of Hugo Bonvilain, a Machiavellian despot harboring a deep grudge against the king. When Conor inadvertently witnesses a coup d’état, Bonvilain twists facts to ensure the boy gets sentenced to mining gems in dank caves. The race to fly becomes more than a scientific pursuit; it turns into Conor’s only chance to escape. Artemis Fowl fans will flock to this novel, and the polished, sophisticated storytelling here deserves an even wider audience than that bestseller. Conor Broekhart’s superpower is his brain, and he uses his smarts to fight tyranny. A tour de force. Ages 10-up. (Jan.)
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About the Author/作者介绍： Eoin Colfer出生並成長於愛爾蘭東南部的海邊小鎮威克斯福，從小便喜愛寫作，並嚮往寫作生涯。他的第一部小說《班尼和歐瑪》一經出版即躍上紐約時報暢銷排行榜。1991年婚後四年期間，他旅居義大利、突尼斯和沙烏地阿拉伯，回愛爾蘭後，他便擔任教職。2001年夏天，完成了風靡歐美的《阿特米斯》，在愛爾蘭暢銷書排行榜上，《阿特米斯》更將哈利波特擠下長年連蟬的冠軍寶座。《阿特米斯》的成功使他決心放棄教職專心寫作。此外尚有多部知名作品：Half Moon Investigations, The Supernaturalist, 以及The Legend of 系列書籍。
《阿特米斯奇幻歷險》(ARTEMIS FOWL series) 出版的五年間囊括了包括「100部英國人最喜歡的文學作品」、「英國年度最佳童書獎」等在內的歐美十餘項青少年圖書獎，長年佔據《紐約時報》、《人物》雜誌青少年類暢銷書排行榜的前十位，可謂近年難得的既賺人氣又得榮譽的超級大作。
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Eoin Colfer (pronounced Owen) was born in Wexford on the South-East coast of Ireland in 1965, where he and his four brothers were brought up by his father (a primary school teacher, historian and artist of note) and mother (a drama teacher). He first developed an interest in writing in primary school with gripping Viking stories inspired by the history he was learning in school at the time!
After leaving school he got his degree from Dublin university and qualified as a primary school teacher, returning to work in Wexford. He married in 1991 and he and his wife spent about 4 years between 1992 and 1996 working in Saudi Arabia, Tunisia and Italy. His first book, Benny and Omar, was published in 1998, based on his experiences in Tunisia; it has since been translated into many languages. A sequel followed in 1999, followed by some other books (see below). Then in 2001 the first Artemis Fowl book was published and he was able to resign from teaching and concentrate fully on writing.
He says, "I will keep writing until people stop reading or I run out of ideas". Hopefully neither of these will happen anytime soon. He lives in Ireland with his wife and two children.

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