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From Publishers Weekly
PW compared this "gripping" epic starring a bat to Watership Down for the author's use of animal characters in his investigation of tolerance, intellectual freedom and other social concerns. Ages 8-12. (May)
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From School Library Journal
Grade 4-6. The plot of this book sounds like the perfect adventure for a noble hero: a dangerous journey with a cryptic map and a trusty companion. But here's the catch: the hero is an undersized bat. Shade, a newborn Silverwing, is separated from his colony during their winter migrations. With the help of an exiled Brightwing, he must find his colony and save them from marauding cannibal bats imported from the tropics. In an author's note, Oppel writes that he "liked the challenge of taking animals that many might consider 'ugly' or 'scary' and fashioning them into interesting, appealing characters"; he has done just that with Shade and his comrades. While these characters are not particularly well rounded, readers will sympathize with the young bat's sometimes foolhardy efforts to prove that he's more than the colony runt, and the villains?fire-carrying owls and six-foot, flesh-eating bats?will keep even reluctant readers engaged. However, the greatest strengths of this story lie in its fast-paced, cliff-hanging action and its setting within the hollow trees and bell towers of the bats' monochromatic nighttime world. Recommend this one to fans of Avi's Poppy (Orchard, 1995); they won't be disappointed.?Beth Wright, Edythe Dyer Community Library, Hampden, ME
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Skimming over the banks of the stream, Shade heard the beetle warming up its wings. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
banded bats, echo vision, jungle bats, albino bat, sound map, other bats, other newborns, giant bats, tiger moth, wolf ears, chief guard Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
Tree Haven, Stone Hold, Prince Remus, Nocturna's Promise, Cama Zotz, Keeper of the Spire, Noctuma's Promise New!
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