Silverwing - Softcover
When a newborn bat named Shade but sometimes called "Runt" becomes separated from his colony during migration, he grows in ways that prepare him for even greater journeys.
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SILVERWING is top-notch fantasy adventure writing. Go for it. (Daily Telegraph)
cracking stories, brimming with adventure, redolent of great mythical sagas of the past, alive with invention, thoughtful - at times profound and probing - and never faltering when it comes to thrills and page-turning power. (Carousel)
Fast faced, cliff-hanging action . . . Recommend this one. (School Library Journal)
Totally compelling . . . an excellent adventure story. (The Scotsman)
Oppel's achievement is to have created much more than an action adventure involving bats. This first powerful novel successfully creates a new fantasy world. (Literary Review)
A JONATHAN LIVINGSTONE SEAGULL of the bat community . . . this epic journey is gripping, and details of bat life are inventively and convincingly imagined. (Publisher's Weekly)
FIREWING: 'The third book in a riveting saga about bats ... capable of enthralling both 9-11s, as well as an older audience.' (Achuka website)
A fascinating, gripping adventure story (Teen Titles)
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cracking stories, brimming with adventure, redolent of great mythical sagas of the past, alive with invention, thoughtful - at times profound and probing - and never faltering when it comes to thrills and page-turning power. (Carousel)
Fast faced, cliff-hanging action . . . Recommend this one. (School Library Journal)
Totally compelling . . . an excellent adventure story. (The Scotsman)
Oppel's achievement is to have created much more than an action adventure involving bats. This first powerful novel successfully creates a new fantasy world. (Literary Review)
A JONATHAN LIVINGSTONE SEAGULL of the bat community . . . this epic journey is gripping, and details of bat life are inventively and convincingly imagined. (Publisher's Weekly)
FIREWING: 'The third book in a riveting saga about bats ... capable of enthralling both 9-11s, as well as an older audience.' (Achuka website)
A fascinating, gripping adventure story (Teen Titles)
An epic and dangerous journey deep into the fascinating kingdom of bats.
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- PublisherAladdin
- Publication date2006
- ISBN 10 1416924965
- ISBN 13 9781416924968
- BindingPaperback
- Number of pages216
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Book Description Paperback. Condition: Good. spine crease, corner crease on cover; 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; Zephr, a mystical albino bat with a strange 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. Seller Inventory # 005096
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