Matt cruse airborn

All of these problems build until we fall off our seats trying to see what happens next. There's a lot of rising action in this book: Kate's exciting entrance everyone surviving a terrifying raid by the pirates only to crash-land on said pirates' island Kate and Matt's discovery of the cloud cat's skeleton (and then a living specimen) and then just when they think things are hunky-dory a devastating storm seemingly wrecks the Aurora for good. Rising Action Fasten Your Seatbelts-It's Going to be a Bumpy Ride

Unfortunately, Matt is passed over for a coveted promotion due to factors that are out of his control, and the unfairness of the situation has us rooting for him from the get-go. Our protagonist is revealed to be an honest, hard-working boy whose family fell on hard times after the tragic death of his father aboard the very airship he calls home. We're introduced to Matt, the intrepid cabin boy, when he's asked to do a daring mid-air rescue of an elderly gentleman in a hot-air balloon (whom we later discover is/was Kate's grandfather). Exposition Hi, I'm Matt, I'll be your Hero Today