- Library Binding: 216 pages
- Language English
- ISBN-10: 1435273907
- ISBN-13: 978-1435273900
- Product Dimensions: 18.5 x 13 x 2 cm
- Average Customer Review: 4.6 out of 5 stars See all reviews (11 customer reviews)
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: 1,303,485 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
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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 ) --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.
'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 ) --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.
Daily Telegraph
'SILVERWING is top-notch fantasy adventure writing. Go for it.'
--This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.
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4 of 5 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
A young bat called Shade broke the law of the Silverwing bats by looking at the sun. On his first hibernation to Hibernaculam, he is blown away to an island. There he meets a banded Brightwing called Marina. Shade and Marina then begin a perilous journey to find Shade's colony and escape the giant cannibal bats Goth and Throbb. This book is exellent and it would appeal to children aged between 9~15. A full *****.
3 of 4 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
Bats are one of my favourite animals. When I finished this book I wanted to read it all over again ( which I did - about 10 times), then I read Sunwing and Firewing and am now desperately hoping that another one will be out soon. Mr Oppel, if you're reading this, please write a 4th book.
These books are thrilling and the idea is very original. If I could wish on a shooting star it would be that this series go on for ever and ever.
These books are thrilling and the idea is very original. If I could wish on a shooting star it would be that this series go on for ever and ever.
Format:Paperback
When I first read this book 10 years ago it blew me away. I was in university at the time, and doing a children's lit course, and read a number of award winners to supplement the 15 or so books we read for the course. This book was one I picked up that summer and I have been a huge fan of Kenneth Oppel ever since. This story is a coming-of-age story; it is the story of Shade a young silverwing bat who is the runt in his colony. During the annual migration to the colony's winter roost, he is separated from his friends and family. Shade sets out to find his colony and alone and desperate he braves the outside world. As winter approaches he must find his colony or a safe haven quickly, or else he will perish.
This book is very well written, told in the black and white world of a bat and echo vision. The story is fascinating and the adventure runs non-stop. The first time I read this I could not put it down. This time through I took it a little slower and really savoured the book. It won 11 literary awards and has numerous sequels now. Pick it up for an excellent read.
This book is very well written, told in the black and white world of a bat and echo vision. The story is fascinating and the adventure runs non-stop. The first time I read this I could not put it down. This time through I took it a little slower and really savoured the book. It won 11 literary awards and has numerous sequels now. Pick it up for an excellent read.
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French copy beware!
How disapointing! This was bought as a gift and its in French, please take care when ordering if you want the English version.
Published 17 months ago by primary teach
silverwing the best book - by amy
this book is amazing but theres only 3 sadly i emailed the author and it ends on sunwing. this book will pull you in and you wont want to put it down! Read more
Published on 28 Jan 2007 by Mr. G. M. Hendrie
Silverwing Rules!
my freind reccomended the silverwing sequence to me when he was reading it. when he finished reading it i went and got Silverwing and started reading it and i fell in love with it! Read more
Published on 18 Feb 2006 by E. Berlin
A thrilling adventure deep into the minds of the bat kingdom
Kenneth Oppel is a fantastic author who can capture the minds of readers and has achieved the ultimate destination in childrens writing, to write an anthropromorphic novel that... Read more
Published on 6 April 2003 by Ms. J. Woods
A brilliant book. I recommend it to every young reader.
I think the book is brilliantly written and never gets boring. It's 100% action all the way and well thought out. Shade is the best animal character in any book I have yet read.
Published on 26 Mar 2001
A Very Well Written Book
Silverwing is a about a young silerwing bat named Shade who is the runt of his colony. He is seperated from his colony in a storm which takes him out to an island where he meets a... Read more
Published on 28 Jan 2001
A convincing portrail of a batty world
A very detailed description of the mysterious batty world, this book takes you deep into the bat kingdom. Read more
Published on 12 Sep 2000
FANTASIC!
One of the best books I've ever read. I've never read a book from a bats perspective before. It was new, fun, and interesting.
Published on 19 Aug 1999
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