Silverwing
by Kenneth Oppel
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Read in October, 2007
recommends it for:
young readers and adults who love a heartwarming story
Shade, the Silverwing Bat, has three strikes against him. One, he’s smaller than other bats his age; two, he has no father, and, three, his overpowering curiosity to see the sun results in the destruction of his colony’s home. During their migration, a fierce storm forces Shade far off course from his mother and their colony. He lands on an island, where he meets a young Brightwing bat named Marina who’s been ostracized by her colony for wearing a ban placed on her by humans. Together, Ma...more
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Read in February, 2008
Being a fan of bats, I was very pleased to find this new trilogy, with bats as the main characters! The hero's quest to find his colony, as well as unraveling layers of legend and mystery surrounding an ancient prophecy, was fun. I especially liked the aerial action scenes and the description of echolocation. There wasn't any particular character that I really liked, but nevertheless I will definitely be reading the rest of the trilogy!
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Read in April, 2006
This is a fun little series. Great YA fiction and something a little different. The main characters are bats, and their special abilities and conflict with the owls is great. A huge vampire bat escapes from a research facility and plays a major part in the story as well. How cool is that?
The series continues with Sunwing and Firewing. Both cool, though Firewing really gets weird. Read the first two first, and then read the historical note at the end of Sunwing about the actual WWII a...more
The series continues with Sunwing and Firewing. Both cool, though Firewing really gets weird. Read the first two first, and then read the historical note at the end of Sunwing about the actual WWII a...more
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animal people
A gory book about a young Silverwing bat trying to survive a long winter migration to Hibernaculum. On the way to migration the young bat and his colony face many trouble. One is the war between the owls. The owls attack on site and are much bigger than the bats. Also two cannible owl eating hybrid bats escaped from a testing laboratory. The two hybrid bats protect the Silverwings from the owls. But what the silverwings don't know is that the hybrid bats are helping the silverwings so that they ...more
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Who writes a book about bats? Kenneth Oppel does! And he does it extremely well. The characters are all very realistic and I felt like I was watching real bats with the descriptions and actions. One of my favorite things that still blows my mind about this book is that the author admits to using only 'black', 'white', and 'silver' as colors in the book. I didn't even notice, but now that I know it's very amazing to me. Kudos to Kenneth Oppel and his great writing.
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Read in January, 2005
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I found it in the library.recommends it for: EVERYONE!!!!!!!
I don't like books about animals AT ALL, but when I read this book when I was small, I REALLY liked it (even though it's about animals!)It's an easy to read book, that is REALLY good!!!!!!!!!!!!!! You just HAVE to read it! All I remember is that it was about bats who acted like people (with there similar problems to our's) and there was a bat society. That's about it, but I still remember it, year's from then. A MUST read!!!!!!!!
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Theme: Bats, migration, never giving up
Summary: This is a story about a young, runt bat who is very curious and prideful. His curious, adventurous nature ends up getting him into trouble. However it also sustains him as he gets seperated from his colony, as they are migrating, and he must find his way. Friendships and enemies are gained as a brave runt overcomes obstacles to be reunited with his mother and colony.
Summary: This is a story about a young, runt bat who is very curious and prideful. His curious, adventurous nature ends up getting him into trouble. However it also sustains him as he gets seperated from his colony, as they are migrating, and he must find his way. Friendships and enemies are gained as a brave runt overcomes obstacles to be reunited with his mother and colony.
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Read in July, 2008
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everyone who likes fiction. like me!! i ♥ fiction. its awsum.
Shade Silverwing is a runt. he lost his father before he was born. he looked at the sun (breaking a very important rule). He gets his nursery roost burned down by owls. he goes migrating and a storm comes and he gets blasted out to sea. he gets lost and meets Marina Brightwing. Shade wants to find the secret of the bands but theres a big bad bat called goth that wants to eat him. will shade survive????
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Read in April, 2008
I tracked this down since I loved Oppel's Airborn/Skybreaker novels. It's a nice youngish YA novel about bats, with a very fast-paced story and lots of action. I'm always up for a new animal fantasy, though I don't think I'll seek out the sequels. Anyway, it works perfectly well as a stand-alone.
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Read in April, 2008
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book shelf in libraryrecommends it for: bat-lovers
This book is very interesting in that, Oppel never mentions a color in the whole book, or the rest of the series. That would, as you may imagine, make it very difficult for readers to see a good representation of what she is talking about, but she does a very good job of it.
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Read in December, 2006
Until I read this I would never have thought that I would enjoy a series about bats. Kenneth Oppel is a very talented writer and I really enjoyed the way he was able to create such a exiting story. If you like Watership Down you will love this series.
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Read in January, 2006
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THis book is one of teh books that would be on my top list. It is so fun so adventeroust so honorably amazing. I've also read the sSunwing an dthe last book which I forgot the name cause' its already a long time. But its a great book.
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A captivating read about a unlikely bat hero. I enjoyed using this as a read aloud because of the unusual characters and the topics of friendship, bravery, and social outcasts.
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Read in February, 2008
Shade, a runty bat, gets lost from his colony during their winter migration. This small little hero finds friends, enemies, and lots of adventure on his journey.
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Read in January, 2002
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schoolrecommends it for: Middle schoolers
Imaginative and extremely creative story. Has a good "journey" feel to it. You'll want to stick with Shade until the end of his adventure.
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Small bat looses his way and meets a bat who has been banned. This is the story about how they find there way. (Friendship/Fantasy)
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recommends it for:
4-6 grade boys
Order of Publication: Silverwing, Sunwing, Firewing, Darkwing
Chronological Order: Darkwing, Silverwing, Sunwing, Firewing
Chronological Order: Darkwing, Silverwing, Sunwing, Firewing
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Read in January, 2005
It was interesting to read a book that never mentions color. Things are said to be light or dark, but not blue, red, etc.
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A fantastic bat series!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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Read in June, 2008
a great read, the author did alot of research on Bats and the hard work paid off great
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