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|released=November 6, 2018
|publisher=Delacorte Press
|ISBN=978-0399555770
|setting=[[Cytoverse]]
|series=[[Skyward (series)]]|sequel=Starsight
|page-count=510
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{{for|Skyward (series)|the series|pre=This page is about the book|post=For the [[DDF]] flight, see [[Skyward Flight]].}}
'''''Skyward''''' is
Brandon's premise for the story was "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’s world has been under attack for decades. Now pilots are the heroes of what's left of the human race, and becoming one has always been Spensa's dream. Since she was a little girl, she has imagined soaring skyward and proving her bravery. But her fate is intertwined with her father's- a pilot himself who was killed years ago when he abruptly deserted his team, leaving Spensa the daughter of a coward, her chances of attending Flight School slim to none.''
{{for|Summary:Skyward|a complete chapter by chapter summary}}
[[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 League|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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== Main Characters ==
;[[Spensa Nightshade]]: Spensa, callsign "Spin", is the daughter of [[Zeen Nightshade]] (callsign Chaser), supposedly a cowardly DDF pilot who abandoned a battle. He always told Spensa: "set your sights on something higher. Something more grand". Spensa fights to be accepted into [[Flight School]], but refuses to give up even in the face of certain failure. She finds an ancient ship, and, with the help and guidance from her friend [[Rodge McCaffery|Rodge]], attempts to rebuild it.
;Captain [[Cobb]]: Cobb, callsign "Mongrel", is Spensa's flight instructor and was her father's wingmate. He stands up to the [[Judy Ivans|Admiral]] on Spensa's behalf and accepts her into his training group.
;[[Kimmalyn]]: Kimmalyn is an enthusiastic girl from [[Bountiful Cavern]], daughter of AA gunners. and was a pilot in Skyward Flight before she quit after Hurl's death. She often makes up wise sayings. She chose "Quick" as her callsign, but it became "Quirk" when her flightmates kept pronouncing it wrong.
;[[M-Bot]]: M-Bot is the AI in the derelict stealth ship that Spensa discovers. His memory has been corrupted, so all he remembers is his former pilot's last orders: "Lie low, M-bot. Take stock, don't get into any fights, and wait for me here." M-Bot determines that he was sent to categorize fungi. Single-minded in his obedience, he refuses to fight and is obsessed with gathering fungal life from the planet.
;[[Gran-Gran]]: Spensa's grandmother was aboard the ''[[Defiant (starship)|Defiant]]'' and worked with her mother in the engine room. She told Spensa stories of ancient heroes inspiring Spensa's regular use of creative threats.
==Setting==
Intelligent species in the Cytoverse have certain members called [[cytonics]] who can do things such as teleport
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Brandon wrote Skyward in approximately three months, most of that while he was on tour for Oathbringer or on holiday.
▲Brandon's premise for the story was "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}}
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