Silverwing [Import] [Paperback]

Kenneth Oppel (Author)

Product Details

• Paperback: 288 pages
• Publisher: Simon & Schuster Children's Publishing (2007)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 034091789X
• ISBN-13: 978-0340917893
• Product Dimensions: 7.7 x 5.1 x 0.8 inches
• Shipping Weight: 6.4 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 4.6 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (105 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #7,574,478 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

More About the Author

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 was winner of a Michael L Printz Honor Book Award, and the Canadian Governor General's 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. His most recent book is HALF BROTHER. Born on Vancouver Island, he has lived in Nova Scotia, Newfoundland, England, Ireland, and now lives in Toronto with his wife and children.

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

9 of 9 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Absorbing Fantasy-Adventure, May 8, 2005

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Jason Ayoub (Toronto, Canada) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Silverwing (Paperback)

This captivating novel should be enjoyed by both young children and adults. Kenneth Oppel is the only author I know who has dared use a young bat as a protaganist, and the reward to the reader is a beautiful glimse into a bat's black and white world. Young readers in particular should be able to identify with Shade, whose longings and affections are remarkably human and always understandable. As well as being an excellent adventure story, it is also an educative introduction to bat rituals. Complex allusions to human behavior, religion and culture make this a sophisticated fantasy that I throughly recommend.

6 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars The Silverwings, March 8, 2006

A Kid's Review

This review is from: Silverwing (Paperback)

Soon they would be leaving, leaving Tree Haven, leaving their home. For what? To sleep in a hole for four months straight? Dreading the day they migrate south for the winter, Shade vows to prove himself by completing their quest. Shade is the runt of a colony of bats called Silverwings. He has always been a bit slower and weaker than the other newborns. Silverwing by Kenneth Oppel, is a heartwarming tale of friendship, courage, and how it feels to be extraordinary. Soon Shade meets two carnivorous bats, Goth and Throbb, who threaten to eat Shade and his colony. I would recommend this book because you never know what is going to happen next. If you like this book their are two other books in this series. Can Shade make the journey to the hibernation site? Will he prove himself to be as strong and promising as the other newborns? Can he save his colony from the wrath of the mighty Goth and his partner, Throbb? I hope you read this book and discover the many conflicts of Shade's journey.

6 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Soar With Shade in this epic adventure, September 17, 2000

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lemonade friek (sandiego California) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Silverwing (Paperback)

When Shade get's lost from his group during a storm, he ends up on an island with a bat named maria. the two travel together through thick and thin they survive attacks from owls and vampire bats, they fly through storms and look after eachother. In the end these bold little bats, wait a moment, you'll have to buy and read this enchanting story on your own. Wether you're a bat lover or not this story truly changes the way people think about bats. I hope you become interested in this story and get this book. I tell ya , It sure changed the way I think about bats.