description: This captivating novel should be enjoyed by both young children and adults. Kenneth Oppel is the only author I know who has dared use a young bat as a protaganist, and the reward to the reader is a beautiful glimse into a bat's black and white world. Young readers in particular should be able to identify with Shade, whose longings and affections are remarkably human and always understandable. As well as being an excellent adventure story, it is also an educative introduction to bat rituals.
language: English
title: Silverwing
titlecomplete: Silverwing
genres: Fiction, Animals, Adventure, Canada, Young Adult, Middle Grade, Animal Fiction, Childrens, Novels, Fantasy
ratings_count: 14195
series: Silverwing
awards: awardedAt: 883641600000
name: CLA Book of the Year for Children Award, awardedAt: 946713600000
name: Manitoba Young Readers' Choice Award, awardedAt: 946713600000
name: Hackmatack Children's Choice Award
category: Fiction
publisher: Aladin