Airman by Eoin Colfer

Born on a remote island and raised among engineers and daredevils, a gifted young aeronautics prodigy is falsely accused of a terrible crime and thrown into a brutal prison on a rocky outcrop; there he endures hardship, plots a daring escape, and uses his genius for flight to build extraordinary machines, confront the conspirators who ruined him, and fight to clear his name while protecting the people he loves in a fast-paced tale of invention, loyalty, and high-stakes aerial adventure.

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