Silverwing - Hardcover

Oppel, Kenneth

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0689815298 ISBN 13: 9780689815294

Publisher: Simon & Schuster, 1997

Synopsis

Shade, a Silverwing bat and his friend Brightwing friend, Marina, face the most incredible journey of their short lives, but they suspect that Goth, a huge vampire bat who has chosen to travel with them, may have an evil plan to destroy Shade's entire colony.

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Review:

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)

Book Description:

An epic and dangerous journey deep into the fascinating kingdom of bats.

About this edition

• Publisher: Simon & Schuster
• Publication date: 1997
• ISBN 10: 0689815298
• ISBN 13: 9780689815294
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 217