Airman by Eoin Colfer
A Perfect Adventure
Conor Broekhart was born to fly.
It is the 1890s, and 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 kings
daughter, Princess Isabella. But the boys idyllic life changes forever the
day he discovers a deadly conspiracy against the king. When
Conor intervenes, 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 into 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 skies.

Personal Review: Airman by Eoin Colfer
Conor Broekhart was born in a hot air-ballon thousands of feet up in the
air. That is why his parents believe that he is so fascinated with the sky. It
is Conor's life-long dream to fly. Being the son of King Nicholas' most
trusted captain, Declan Broekhart, Conor becomes best of friends with
Princess Isabella. One day while they are playing on the roof, the king's
apartment goes up in flames. Seeing no way down, Conor jumps off the
roof with Isabella, using the flag as a parachute. After the incident, Conor
becomes one the king's most trusted friends. Once recovered from the
accident Conor meets Victor Vigny, an acclaimed aeronaut. Victor is to be
his teacher. Together they explore the science of flight, fencing, and many
other useful subjects. All is wonderful in Conor's life, until he witnesses the
murder of the king and his beloved teacher. The man behind the murder
was Marshall Hugo Bonvilain, one of the most treacherous men to live.
Bonvilain catches Conor "spying" on him and immediately disguises Conor
as a soldier and throws him in jail, blaming him for the murder. Conor is
sent to the Little Saltee islands to work in the diamond mines as a slave,
with the thought in his mind that everyone he ever loved hates him. In
reality everyone thinks that Conor is dead, which is the story that Bonvilain
shared with them. Conor soon becomes one of the most powerful inmates
on the island and soon realizes the only way to escape the island is to fly.
Will Conor get out of Little Saltee alive? Will his dream of flying become a
reality?
I had very, very high expectations for this book coming in and for the most
part the book met all of them. The first half of the book was confusing to
me because the book switches points of view quickly between paragraphs,
and I had to take a couple double takes to fully understand who was
talking. Once I got used to this though the book was really good. The story
was like nothing I've read before and Eoin Colfer did an outstanding job
creating the character of Conor. I really felt all of Conor's hardships and
was rooting for him to succeed. This is a great rainy-day, curl up under the
covers kind of book. I loved how Conor was the main character, but there
was the theme of royalty in the background. Eoin Colfer created a great
novel that I highly reccomend.
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