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|released=November 6, 2018
|publisher=Delacorte Press
|setting=[[Skyward UniverseCytoverse]]
|series=[[Skyward (series)]]|sequel=Starsight
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'''Skyward''' is the first young adult novel in a four-part series. It is set in's the samesecond universework asin the novella [[Defending ElysiumCytoverse]]{{wob ref|11965}}, with the plot taking place centuries afterwardsafter [[Defending Elysium]].{{wob ref|11990}}
 
Brandon says the's premise for thisthe story iswas "How to Train Your Dragon but instead it's a girl who finds a spaceship and goes to Top Gun school. It's like a mashup between Top Gun and Ender's Game and How to Train Your Dragon with an old broken-down spaceship with a really weird personality."{{url ref |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k8zdmTXjMHk |text=Brandon Sanderson Reads From Skyward |site=17th Shard YouTube Channel |date=Nov 14, 2017}}
 
The book was released on November 6, 2018.{{ref|name=sw-announcement}}
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[[Spensa]] has dreamed of being a pilot since she was a child. Inspired by her father, then fueled with outrage by the [[DDF]]'s accusations of cowardice following his death, Spensa spends the next decade preparing for the [[flight school]] entrance exam. Gaining entrance to the program with the help of her new instructor [[Cobb]], Spensa teams up with nine fellow trainees to form [[Skyward Flight]] and battle the [[KRELL|Krell]], an alien force trying to destroy the [[Defiant]] colony. Aided by the mysterious stealth fighter [[M-Bot]], whom she finds abandoned in a cave, Spensa must navigate the pitfalls of flight school, uncover the truth about her father's death, and try not to die at the hands of an enemy starfighter.
 
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'''Prologue'''<br>
A young [[Spensa]] journeys with [[Zeen Nightshade|her father]] through the caverns. Her father is alerted of a [[varvax|Krell]] attack and rushes off to the [[DDF]] to defend the people. He leaves his tools and pilot's pin with Spensa. During the attack, Spensa's father tries to leave the battle and is lost; from that moment he is branded the "Coward of Alta" and Spensa the "Coward's Daughter." Nevertheless, Spensa vows to go to [[flight school]] and become a pilot.
 
'''Part 1'''<br>
Nine and a half years later, Spensa is 18seventeen and living in the caverns. The day before she is going to take the pilot's test, she learns that Admiral [[Judy Ivans]] has ordered that she not be allowed in the DDF, no matter her skill or score on the test.
 
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'''Part 2'''<br>
 
'''Epilogue'''<br>
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== Characters ==
;[[Spensa Nightshade]]: Spensa is the daughter of [[Zeen Nightshade]], supposedly a cowardly DDF pilot who abandoned a battle (his callsign: Chaser). Her father told her to, "Set your sights on something higher. Something more grand". Spensa struggles to be accepted into flight school, but, even through all her trials, refuses to give up. She finds an ancient ship, and with the help and guidance from her friend [[Rodge McCaffery|Rodge]] attempts to rebuild it. Her callsign is Spin.
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