The Silverwing Trilogy

Silverwing #1-3

by Kenneth Oppel

From his quest to prove himself to his Silverwing bat colony to his journey into the Underworld to save his son, Shade's life has been a series of thrilling and dangerous adventures. Now Shade's many fans can follow his journeys once again in this handsome boxed set. Books in this set include:

"Silverwing

Sunwing

Firewing"

Genres: Fantasy, Young Adult, Childrens, Fiction

844 pages, Paperback

First published October 16, 2003

About the author

I was born in 1967 in Port Alberni, a mill town on Vancouver Island, British Columbia but spent the bulk of my childhood in Victoria, B.C. and on the opposite coast, in Halifax, Nova Scotia...At around twelve I decided I wanted to be a writer (this came after deciding I wanted to be a scientist, and then an architect). I started out writing sci-fi epics (my Star Wars phase) then went on to swords and sorcery tales (my Dungeons and Dragons phase) and then, during the summer holiday when I was fourteen, started on a humorous story about a boy addicted to video games (written, of course, during my video game phase). It turned out to be quite a long story, really a short novel, and I rewrote it the next summer. We had a family friend who knew Roald Dahl - one of my favourite authors - and this friend offered to show Dahl my story. I was paralysed with excitement. I never heard back from Roald Dahl directly, but he read my story, and liked it enough to pass on to his own literary agent. I got a letter from them, saying they wanted to take me on, and try to sell my story. And they did.

Reviews

[Lena · Rating 5 out of 5]

I really liked this trilogy. I fell in love with the characters and the story was quite exciting. I enjoyed Silverwing, Sunwing, and Firewing. All three books were entertaining and kept me captivated. They were easy to read and didn't take long to finish. The third book was surprisingly darker and I loved it.

[Matt Oliver · Rating 4 out of 5]

Great fiction young-adult books

[Emily Olson · Rating 5 out of 5]

I read this when I was a pre-teen and these books are PHENOMENAL!!!! I hope my kids read them one day!! 10/10 would recommend! 💓🦇

[⋆❈⋆Ryssa⋆❈⋆ · Rating 5 out of 5]

One of my favorite book series growing up

[Antonín Tvrdík · Rating 5 out of 5]

Fantasy příběh o netopírech

[Chino D · Rating 4 out of 5]

Sunwing, by Kenneth Oppel, was the adventure of a silverwing bat named Shade. Shade was the runt of his colony, and had a best friend named Miressa. In this book, Shade travels across the harsh earth to find his father who left the colony before Shade could remember him. There was a problem though: owls and cannibal bats. The owls and bats were at war with each other because of the cannibal bats. The cannibal bats attacked owls, and the owls didn't understand that those same bats ate and killed their own kind as well.
With his mother, Maressa, and several other bats, Shade must travel the dangerous and to find his father.

This book was a very good book and I encourage everyone who loves adventure to read it.

[Jaralee · Rating 5 out of 5]

This is an excellent set of books that I read aloud to my elementary aged boys. They loved the excitment and adventures of Shade, a Silverwing bat. This is the first time while reading to my boys, that I felt compelled to read ahead - because the story was so well written and exciting. I recommend the series even if you don't have any boys to read it to. It's a great and fun read, and you learn a lot about bats.

[Shaina · Rating 5 out of 5]

Silver wing and sunwing just made me keep asking for more...oh and they made me save a little bats life....but thats a whole nother story! lol...anyways...highly recommed both...also in the eyes of animals...haven't read fire wing...don't plan on it...its about when hes in hell, totally not cool! ;(

[Kari · Rating 5 out of 5]

These are by far my favorite read aloud series as a teacher and one of my favorite books personally. The characters are well-developed, the plot is engaging and you can't put it down. I NEVER thought I would learn to love bats so much. Got this author to write to my 4th-grade class. Way cool!!

[Gumby · Rating 4 out of 5]

Of course, I really like anthropomorphic fiction anyway, but these three novels are written so beautifully that it is unusually outstanding and difficult to put down.

[Jorden · Rating 5 out of 5]

"I loved this series"

[Natalie Beck · Rating 5 out of 5]

Silverwing, Sunwing, and Firewing are wonderful books where the characters are bats. I read these books again and again. This Trilogy easily makes my top three list.

[Sam Kinsella · Rating 1 out of 5]

not very interesting

[Karin · Rating 5 out of 5]

Loved these books. The last is a bit different than the first 2, so more for an older child. The first 2 are about the life of a bat. The 3rd deals with the bat underworld and death and gods.

[Charlotte20 · Rating 4 out of 5]

Though a little bit slow at times, I really liked these ones. Kenneth Oppel is a great author.

[Lorna · Rating 5 out of 5]

I read this trilogy to my 7 yr old son a long time ago. I enjoyed this series as much as he did!

[Theresa Lemieux · Rating 5 out of 5]

Best gift you could ever get a little boy who loves bugs, bats and owls - although girls will love this too. Violence increases to really creepy gritty by third book, but no less brilliant for it.

[Michelle · Rating 5 out of 5]

Adri loves these books. Her recommendation is that everyone read them right now!

[Michael · Rating 5 out of 5]

great novel. I love it

[Evan Cribb · Rating 5 out of 5]

Fantastic book, especially for younger kids. my personal favourite, and probally always will be!!!