Sunwing

By Kenneth Oppel

Sunwing continues Shade's epic adventure begun in Silverwing. Shade discovers a mysterious human building containing a vast forest. Home to thousands of bats, the indoor forest is as warm as a summer night and teeming with insects to eat. And through the glass roof the bats can finally see the sun, free from the tyranny of the deadly owls. But is this bat paradise all that it seems? Shade and his Brightwing friend Marina aren't so sure. Shade has seen Humans enter the forest and take away hundreds of sleeping bats for an unknown purpose. And where is Shade's father? In this thrilling continuation of Shade's saga, Kenneth Oppel expands the adventure and poignancy of Silverwing and takes it to a new level of excitement.

• Language: English
• Publisher: David Fickling Books
• Release date: May 7, 2015
• ISBN: 9781910200698

Kenneth Oppel

KENNETH OPPEL is the bestselling author of numerous books for young readers. His award-winning Silverwing trilogy has sold over a million copies worldwide and was adapted into an animated TV series and stage play. Airborn won a Michael L. Printz Honor Book Award and the Governor General’s Literary Award; its sequel, Skybreaker, was a New York Times bestseller and was named Children’s Novel of the Year by the Times (UK). Kenneth Oppel is also the author of Half Brother, This Dark Endeavor, The Boundless, The Nest, Every Hidden Thing, Inkling and the Bloom trilogy. His latest novel is Ghostlight. Ken Oppel lives with his family in Toronto.

Reviews for Sunwing

[elizajane_1 · Rating: 4 out of 5 stars]

Silverwing and other members of his tribe go on a journey and search for his father. Their final destination lands them deep in the South American jungle. What they had hoped to discover is far from what they actually find. I can't go into any more details of the plot as it would give away too much. The plot was based on an amazingly disturbing bit of US military history. This is a dark story, one that is not expected. The evil creatures are very evil and there are scenes that make you squirm. The characters are compelling and life-like. A page-turner of a book that made me stay up late to finish. All the plot lines left open from the first book were resolved and the book has a complete ending giving no indication that there will be another book to follow. It will be interesting to see where the plot goes in the last book, Firewing.

[xicanti_1 · Rating: 5 out of 5 stars]

My favourite book in Oppel's Silverwing trilogy. I strongly encourage you to read it if you like children's literature, bats, fantasy, books in general... just read it. I'm sure you won't regret it, but it's such a quick read that even if you do you won't have wasted much time on it.

[abbylibrarian_1 · Rating: 4 out of 5 stars]

In this sequel to "Silverwing", Shade and the other bats are lured into a mysterious human building on their way to look for Shade's father. While some think it is paradise- warm in the winter, plenty of bugs to eat- Shade and Marina don't trust it. They explore and find out that the bats are being used for evil human purposes. Then Shade is captured by the humans and taken down to the rainforest where he meets up with his old nemesis Goth and unexpectedly discovers a group of northern bats. Will Shade find his father? Will he ever be able to get home?

[lemurkat · Rating: 3 out of 5 stars]

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 characters.

But one zoological fact bugs me no end - the insistence that owls hibernate - owls DO NOT hibernate!

[linyarai · Rating: 3 out of 5 stars]

I love re-reading this series, never gets old.