01822cam a2200397 i 4500 373081240 TxAuBib 20190316120000.0 180713s2018||||||||||||||||||||||||eng|u 2018026175 9780399555770 0399555773 (OCoLC)1029223198 TxAuBib rda Sanderson, Brandon. Skyward [BOOK] / Brandon Sanderson. First edition. New York : Delacorte Press, [2018] 513 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm. txt rdacontent n rdamedia nc rdacarrier Skyward ; 1 "Claim the stars" -- cover. When a long-term attack against her world by the alien Krell escalates, Spensa's dream of becoming a pilot may come true, despite her deceased father being labeled a deserter. Spensa's world has been under attack for hundreds of years. An alien race called the Krell leads onslaught after onslaught from the sky in a never-ending campaign to destroy humankind. Pilots are the heroes of what's left of the human race. She dreams of becoming a pilot, but her fate is intertwined with that of her father-- a pilot himself who was killed years ago when he abruptly deserted his team. When the Krell double their fleet, this may be Spensa's chance to get into Flight School. -- adapted from jacket. 20190316. Survival Fiction. Air pilots Fiction. Extraterrestrial beings Fiction. Young adult fiction. Science fiction. War Fiction. War Stories. Skyward ; 1.