Airman

On Great Saltee, a small island, a fourteen-year-old named Conor is wrongly blamed for a serious offense and locked away by the cruel Hugo Bonvilain. The cell is damp and sits near the sea, and Conor is labeled a traitor. Cut off from everyone he cares about, including his family, his friends, and the girl he loves, he has one aim: to prove his innocence and return home.

The only exit Conor can see seems impossible, because no one has ever managed it. Still, he resolves to try, and his plan depends on flight.

This is an action-packed adventure by Eoin Colfer, the Irish author best known for the Artemis Fowl series, written for readers aged 11 and up.