The first page of this book caught my attention right off the bat. I think Kenneth Oppel made the right decision to write this passage within the first two pages. "The sky pulsed with stars. Some people say it makes them lonesome when they stare up at the night sky. I can't imagine why. There's no shortage of company. By now there's not a constellation I can't name. Orion. Lupus. Serpens. Hercules. Draco. My father taught me all their stories. So when I look up I see a galaxy of adventures and heroes and villains, all jostling together and trying to outdo one another, and I sometimes want to tell them to hush up and not distract me with their chatter. I've glimpsed all the stars ever discovered by astronomers, and plenty that haven't been. There're the planets to look at too, depending on the time of the year. Venus. Mercury. Mars. And don't forget Old Man Moon. I know every crease and pockmark on that face of his (Oppel 1-2)." In this excerpt, Matt is talking about the sky and what it means to him. He has a passion to fly and be in the sky, he knows every constellation and all the planets. It really intrigued me because he talks about adventure which tells me this book is full of action. If you know me, you'd know that I can't get into a book unless it has a lot of action to keep me engaged.
This is a picture of a galaxy, what Matt is talking about.
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