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Kate's Grandfather discovers an uncharted island
Observes what he thinks to be albatrosses.He realizes what he's observing is not a bird, but an undiscovered flying animal -
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Log of the Endurance
Kate gives Matt her grandpa's journal, and he reads what happened before they found her grandpa. -
Instead of continuing his journey, he stays above the island to observe the animal.
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Still observing them.
He notices that they never have to land -
Counts 16 of them in the flock.
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One of the newly born animals falls to the island below.
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The animals leave to go somewhere else.
Weather changes for the worst. -
Hot AIr balloon appears on the Horizon.
A 14 year old carbin boy, Matt Cruse, aboard the Aurora, a luxury airship, saves Kate's grandfather from the hot air balloon. The grandfather asked Matt if he saw the creature he saw, and Matt says no. The grandfather dies shortly after. -
Matt is at his mother's apartment.
Matt can't sleep, because he only feel happy once in the air, since his dad died. -
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The Book
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The Aurora sets off for australia.
A small aircraft lands on the ship, bringing aboard 2 passengers: Kate de Vries and her chaperone, Miss Marjorie Simpkins. Later on the tour with only Kate and Matt he finds out that the old man he rescued the prevoius year. The captain informs Matt that he wasn't getting the promotion, and that the ship owner's son took the position he wanted. -
Kate askes Matt to bring two hot chocolates to her and her chaparone's room very early in the morning.
They talk about her grandfather's journal from his journey. Kate ;ets Matt borrow the book. He reads the book before he goes to bed. During Lunch they get the chance to talk about the journal. -
Matt takes his shift of lookout for the ship.
While on watch, Matt spots a pirate airship. The pirates raid the ship only killing one person and stealing all the valuables from the passangers. But when they as the pirates were departing, a gust of wind hit and the two airships collided. The Aurora had to make an emergency landing on an uncharted island. -
Kate wants to go exploring.
Matt says no, but she runs off anyway. Matt is force than to accompany her while she looks around. They Find the bone of the animal her grandfather mentions. When they get back they both get into trouble. -
Kate goes off to collect the bones of the animal.
Matt doesn't want to goes, but he goes anyway. A tropical storm hits while on their way back. They take shelter in a cave, which is venting hydrium, a gas lighter than hydrogen. Which they use to replenish the damaged Aurora's gas cells, so they'll be able to liftoff and get back home, but it'll take awhile for the cells to fill. Kate gets into more trouble and gets locked in her room for until they get home. -
Kate Drugs her chaparone and runs off once again, to try and get a picture of the animal
So the captain sends Matt and Bruce to go and find her. They finally find her, but she only agrees to go willingly if they help her get a picture of the animal, that they named the "Cloud Cat". The cloud cat freaks out and attacks them. Bruce is wounded and Matt distacts the cloud cat while he runs back to the ship. Matt and Kate get away only to be captured by the same pirates that boarded them earlier in the story. -
Wile in captivity Kate and Matt devise a plan to escape.
They get caught in the act and get thrown into the "Pit". Which is a vent of hydrium. Before they suffocate they fill thier clothes with the gas and are able to float up and out of the "Pit". They then try to beat the pirates back to the Aurora. They don't make it back in time before the pirates board the ship. They make the ship go up and take out all the pirates. -
Matt and Kate meet back up in Paris.
Kate is exhibiting her cloud cat skeleton and her pictures of the cloud cats and is going to study zoology at a university in Paris. Matt, with the help of the reward money for finding the pirates' base, goes to the Airship Academy in Paris, which is located directly across the river from the university.