Skyward flight : the collection / Brandon Sanderson and Janci Patterson.
Record details
- ISBN: 9780593567852
- ISBN: 0593567854
- ISBN: 9780593568279
- ISBN: 0593568273
- Physical Description: 622 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm.
- Edition: First edition.
- Publisher: New York : Delacorte Press, [2022]
Content descriptions
General Note: | Works originally published separately in electronic format: New York : Delacorte Press, [2021]. Publisher, publishing date and paging may vary |
Formatted Contents Note: | Sunreach -- ReDawn -- Evershore -- Deleted scenes from Skyward with author commentary. |
Target Audience Note: | 12-17 years HL750L Lexile |
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Subject: | Air pilots > Juvenile fiction. Extraterrestrial beings > Juvenile fiction. Survival > Juvenile fiction. Space warfare > Juvenile fiction. |
Genre: | Science fiction. War fiction. Novellas. |
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Location | Call Number / Copy Notes | Barcode | Shelving Location | Status | Due Date |
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Webb City Public Library | YA Sanderson, Brandon (Text) | 38262300007914 | Young Adult | Available | - |
Kirkus Review
Skyward Flight: the Collection : Sunreach, Redawn, Evershore
Kirkus Reviews
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In a trio of novellas, supporting characters take center stage to battle treachery and cement alliances with aliens while the series' protagonist is off on a quest. Separately published in 2021 as e-books, the three tales included here string together both personal and political developments: Sunreach sees empathetic fighter pilot FM and engineer Rig, both White, awkwardly reach the smooching stage while learning how to work with adorable talking slugs that have cytonic powers. Violet-skinned Alanik has to overcome mistrust of humans to enlist their aid in fending off an attempt by supporters of the oppressive galactic Superiority to take over her planetary government on gas giant ReDawn in the eponymous second story. Finally, in Evershore, Skyward Flight leader Jorgen, who reads as Black, discovers both command potential and superpowers of his own while coordinating a defense of the valiant (if furry and squirrel-sized) kitsen. All three episodes kick up the action with both large- and small-scale battles in air and space--all brisk if remarkably low in explicit fatalities--dovetailing neatly in the end into the closing events of Cytonic (2021). Sanderson credits Patterson with the lion's share of the writing but adds five deleted scenes from his series opener, Skyward (2018), with commentary as a literary lagniappe. Each novella opens with skillful character portraits in contrasting styles by the two illustrators. Hot pilots slug it out with the galactic overlords in a collection that will please series fans. (Science fiction. 12-15) Copyright (c) Kirkus Reviews, used with permission.