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About The Book
Shade is a young silverwing bat, the runt of his colony. But he's determined to prove himself on the long, dangerous winter migration to Hibernaculum, millions of wingbeats to the south. During a fierce storm, he loses the others and soon faces the most incredible journey of his young life. Desperately searching for a way to rejoin his flock, Shade meets a remarkable cast of characters: Marina, a Brightwing bat with a strange metal band on her leg; Zephyr, a mystical albino bat with an unusual gift; and Goth, a gigantic carnivorous vampire bat. But which ones are friends and which ones are enemies? In this epic story of adventure and suspense, Shade is going to need all the help he can find -- if he hopes to ever see his family again.
About The Author
Photograph © Jim Gillett
Kenneth Oppel is the author of numerous books for young readers. His award-winning Silverwing trilogy has sold over a million copies worldwide and been adapted as an animated TV series and stage play. Airborn won a Michael L. Printz Honor Book Award and the Canadian Governor General’s Literary Award for children’s literature; its sequel, Skybreaker, was a New York Times bestseller and was named Children’s Novel of the Year by the London Times. He is also the author of Half Brother, This Dark Endeavor, Such Wicked Intent, and The Boundless. Born on Canada’s Vancouver Island, he has lived in Nova Scotia and Newfoundland, Canada; in England and Ireland; and now resides in Toronto with his wife and children. Visit him at KennethOppel.ca.
Why We Love It
“Kenneth Oppel’s high-flying adventure story about a brave little bat is brought to life with Christopher Edwin Steininger’s colorful, arresting art. This is an action-packed graphic novel that’s reminiscent of classic comics and feels like a breath of fresh air in today’s middle grade graphic novel space.”
—Dainese S., Associate Editor, on Silverwing
Product Details
- Publisher: Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers (March 4, 2014)
- Length: 224 pages
- ISBN13: 9781481419413
- Grades: 3 - 7
- Ages: 8 - 12
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Raves and Reviews
“A tour-de-force fantasy; a can’t-put-down adventure for readers from age eight all the way to adult.”
– Smithsonian
“An absorbing adventure story…gripping.”
– Publishers Weekly
“Do not miss this rip-roaring adventure by a very talented young writer.”
– VOYA
“Replete with appealing characters, scary adversaries, bat lore, natural history, unanswered questions, and conflicting theologies, the story takes on a promising sweep….”
– Kirkus
“The perfect adventure for a noble hero….”
– School Library Journal
“Readers with a penchant for losing themselves in fantasy worlds will revel in Kenneth Oppel’s Silverwing . . . A richly imagined work.”
– The Globe and Mail
Awards and Honors
- Oregon Battle of the Books List
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