Sunwing
core novel 1999 Silverwing
Record
| First published | 1999 |
|---|---|
| Original language |  EN |
| Work type | novel |
| Canon status | core |
| Reader rating | 4.03 (9,990 ratings, collected 2026-10-21) |
| First-edition ISBN | 9780006481669 |
| Internal chronology | 2 |
Synopsis
Shade, a young Silverwing bat still in search of his father and of the secret of the metal bands the Humans have fastened to bats' legs, discovers a mysterious Human building containing a vast forest, with plenty of insects to eat and thousands of bats roosting in it, a haven free from the tyranny of owls. Shade and his Brightwing friend Marina are not so sure: Shade has seen Humans enter the forest and take away hundreds of sleeping bats for an unknown purpose. With the help of an abandoned owl prince and General Cortez's rat army, Shade must use all his resourcefulness to find his father, journeying to the far southern jungle, and to stop Goth, king of a race of giant cannibal bats, from harnessing the dark powers of Cama Zotz to create eternal night. The second Silverwing book, winner of the 2000 Ruth Schwartz Children's Book Award.
Where it sits
- Universe: Silverwing
- Series: Silverwing core; position 2 of 4 in the series' recorded order
- Author: Kenneth Oppel
Awards (verified)
- Ruth Schwartz Children's Book Award (Young Adult/Middle Grade), 2000: won
Notes
- From the series record (Silverwing): Kenneth Oppel's bat trilogy and its prehistoric prequel.
Neighbouring works
Publication order and internal chronology are tracked as two separate orderings, but they resolve to the exact same sequence for this book, so one combined line is shown instead of two identical ones.
- Reading order, within the series Silverwing: position 2 of 4: previous Silverwing (1997) · next Firewing (2002)
Sources
- Series page on the rating platform
- Wikipedia (Silverwing)
- Wikipedia (Sunwing)
- Simon & Schuster (publisher description, via Schuler Books)
- Canadian Book Review Annual (review)
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