Sunwing, Kenneth Oppel
Sunwing, Kenneth Oppel
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Sunwing

Author: Kenneth Oppel

Narrator: John McDonough

Unabridged: 9 hr 2 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: Recorded Books

Published: 05/28/2010

Synopsis

Shade, a young silverwing bat, is searching the countryside for his father when he discovers a huge glass building. When he flies inside, he finds a forest haven where, safe from predatory owls, hundreds of bats are finally living in the sunlight. But when he tries to find an exit, Shade quickly realizes that instead of a paradise, the building is really a prison. From there, bats are taken to laboratories, where they are fitted with bombs and used in human warfare. Even as Shade manages to escape, he knows that the fate of his entire species is in great peril. It's up to him to foil the dark force that plots against the silverwings. Sunwing is the exciting continuation of Silverwing, which was lauded by Smithsonian magazine as a tour-de-force of fantasy. With John McDonough's dramatic narration, Shade and his world soar with colorful life.

About Kenneth Oppel

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.

Reviews

Goodreads review by Beth on February 05, 2020

I love this book so much. Everything about it warms my heart. Maybe it’s the memories of my childhood reading of this book and loving it then, or maybe it’s just that it is, on its own, just an amazing book. Probably both. This book continues the story of Shade from Silverwing (book #1) and his jour......more

Goodreads review by Angela on June 29, 2015

The continuing story of Shade Silverwing - this time taking him south to the rainforest,putting him in the hands of the humans (and their diabolical plans) and once again bringing him in contact with the cannibal bat, Goth. A cute adventure story, with some rather dark moments and interesting charac......more

Goodreads review by Belinda on June 16, 2018

4,25 sterren - Nederlandse paperback - Ik heb dyslexie - Voor kids vanaf 10 jaar. Gift van Rosey voor de huisbibliotheek. 🦋🦋🦋......more

Goodreads review by Belinda on June 21, 2022

4 sterren - Nederlandse hardcover Op zoek naar zijn vader komt de jonge vleermuis Schim terecht in een reusachtig en geheimzinnig mensenbouwwerk. Het is zo groot dat er een heel bos in past, het is er warm en licht als op een zomeravond, het allerbelangrijkste is: er leven geen uilen. Een paradijs v......more

Goodreads review by Simon on August 19, 2024

It is a rare thing when a sequel surpasses the original, however I found this to be exactly the case with Sunwing! Many plot points in Silverwing seemed unnecessary and superfluous when reading that book on its own, however once I moved to this second book, I grew to love how Oppel brings everything......more

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