Silverwing
Published on 1. September 2007
Book
Paperback/Softback
224 pages
978-1-4169-4998-5 (ISBN)
Description
Shade is a young bat, the runt of the Silverwing colony. When he gets lost during a perilous migration he must prove his strength to find his flock again. This first book in the classic Silverwing saga--a "Smithsonian" Notable Book for Children--is reissued with new cover art.
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Series
Edition
Reprint ed.
Language
English
Place of publication
United States
Target group
Children/juvenile
Interest Age: From 8 to 12 years
Product notice
Paperback (trade)
Unsewn / adhesive bound
Dimensions
Height: 194 mm
Width: 135 mm
Thickness: 16 mm
Weight
154 gr
ISBN-13
978-1-4169-4998-5 (9781416949985)
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Schweitzer Classification
Other editions
Additional editions
E-Book
03/2014
1st Edition
Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers
€8.89
Available for download
Person
Kenneth Oppel is the author of numerous books for young readers. His award-winning Silverwing trilogy has sold over a million copies worldwide and been adapted as an animated TV series and stage play. Airborn won a Michael L. Printz Honor Book Award and the Canadian Governor General’s Literary Award for children’s literature; its sequel, Skybreaker, was a New York Times bestseller and was named Children’s Novel of the Year by the London Times. He is also the author of Half Brother, This Dark Endeavor, Such Wicked Intent, and The Boundless. Born on Canada’s Vancouver Island, he has lived in Nova Scotia and Newfoundland, Canada; in England and Ireland; and now resides in Toronto with his wife and children. Visit him at KennethOppel.ca.