One dawn he brakes the ancient rule and looks at the sun. Unfortunately, he is spotted by a deadly owl, and barely escapes with his life. May 29, 2009 shade, a young silverwing bat, is the runt of his colony. The first book was adapted into an animated television miniseries, shown on teletoon and jetix. Silverwing novel simple english wikipedia, the free. Silverwing book san jose public library bibliocommons. During a fierce storm, he loses the others and soon faces the most incredible journey of his young life. Soon shade meets two carnivorous bats, goth and throbb, who threaten to eat shade and his colony. The encyclopedia of all things silverwing, bats, and the like that anyone can edit polls forums recent changes categories new pages wanted pages administrators users help welcome, silverwing fanatics and casual fans, to silverwing wiki, the silverwing wikia, the defintive source for silverwing information. During a torrential storm, shade is swept away from his family, his friends, and the only life he has ever known. Aug 10, 2014 the main character, shade, is a young silverwing bat and the runt of his colony.
When a newborn bat named shade but sometimes called runt becomes separated from his colony during migration, he grows in ways that prepare him for even greater journeys. Bill switzer a young heroic silverwing bat whom zephyr taught how to use echo projection. Silverwing is a colony of small dark bats, migrating south, ahead of runt shade. She asks to join shade s colony, led by a banded elder. Traveling back in time from book 3 to book 1 i love the scene where goth insists on shade sleeping with him to ensure he doesnt run away.
He is a cannibalistic vampyrum spectrum bat and the archenemy of shade silverwing. The silverwing book series is a series of novels by kenneth oppel about the adventures of a young bat. The main character, shade, is a small silverwing bat, who is frequently mocked and called runt. Bathsheba silverwing is one of five elder bats in the silverwing book series. Shade silverwing is a runty newborn silverwing bat at the nursery colony of tree haven. While on the trip south to the hibernaculum, shade becomes separated from his flock during a rain storm.
List of characters in silverwing wikifur, the furry. Shade, the lost baby bat of the first book, has rejoined his colony only to lose his freedom as the bats plunge into a mysterious human building they believe is paradise. During a storm, shade is swept out over the ocean away from his family, his friends, and the only life he has ever known. She is a minor antagonist in the book and one of the main antagonists in the television series, having a larger role. Shade takes a dare from another young silverwing bat, and takes a peek at the sun. But hes determined to prove himself on the long, dangerous winter migration to hibernaculum, millions of wingbeats to the south. Desperately searching for a way to rejoin his flock, shade meets a remarkable cast of characters. The reason why this is wrong is because in the ancient battle of the birds and the beasts bats refused to pick a side to fight with, since they are both but neither. Silverwing fanfiction archive with over 159 stories. In satisfying his desire to catch just a glimpse of the sun, young shade defies a punishment imposed millions of years before when bats refused to fight in the great war between the birds and the beasts. Goth had been captured by humans along with another cannibal bat named throbb, and they were both given bands.
The tone and artistic honor for bestsellers were compared to watership down. Shade is the runt of a colony of bats called silverwings. Shade is the son of ariel and cassiel silverwing, and later becomes the father of griffin silverwing and mate to marina brightwing. In the third installment, firewing, he is one of the main characters. After breaking one of the animal worlds biggest rules and becoming a fugitive, and getting lost at sea during a migration, shade goes. But he is determined to prove himself on the long and dangerous winter migration to hibernaculum, millions of wingbeats to the south.
Shade silverwing is a runt, and often mocked by his peers, who take pride in their size and strength. Kenneth oppel gives a bats eye view of the horrors of animal testing in sunwing, the sequel to his popular and awardwinning novel for middle readers, silverwing. Silverwing is a bestselling childrens novel, written by kenneth oppel, first published in 1997 by harpercollins. Silverwing is the first installment of the silverwing series, though it is chronologically the second novel. They encounter many other characters such as zephyr, a bat who can see through the past and future, the cannibals goth and throbb, the rat kings romulus and remus, and humans who. Silverwing is an engaging story about a bat named shade who is caught up in an adventure that is mysterious and incredible at the same time.
She asks to join shades colony, led by a banded elder. Determined to show how brave he is, shade breaks one of the ancient rules that governs the bats. The silverwing trilogy is a series of books written by kenneth oppel, which is a sort of gothicesque fantasy adventure about bats. In swift retribution, owls burn the ancient nursery of the silverwing bats, forcing them to depart early for hibernaculum, their winter roost. Silverwing by kenneth oppel read online on bookmate. Nevertheless, oppel has created a very enjoyable book with bats that have humanlike personalities, which makes it even more interesting to. Shade, a young silverwing bat, is the runt of his colony. English is not my mother tongue and as you will see, i tend to switch between the. He is determined to prove to everyone he can do something and be strong so he challenges the biggest and strongest newborn, chinook who picks on him the. Silverwing ebook the seattle public library bibliocommons. Silverwing brought me through a flood of adventures.
Silverwing bats are only fictional, though they are based off of the gray bat, such as brightwing bats are based off of red bats. The silverwing trilogy is a series of books written by kenneth oppel, which is a sort of gothesque fantasy adventure about bats. The main character, shade, is a young silverwing bat and the runt of his colony. They find a paradise place but realize that they will later get killed. The protagonist is shade, a young silverwing bat who lives with his mother, ariel. He is the protagonist of the novel silverwing as well as its sequel, sunwing.
Zotz sends goth back in time to rewrite the future. Shades father disappeared before he was born, something he has to come. Please note the graduation dates may 35, 2019 for this upcoming season and mark it on your familys calendar. Use features like bookmarks, note taking and highlighting while reading silverwing the silverwing trilogy book 1. Shade silverwing, also known as shade is the main protagonist in kenneth oppels silverwing series he is the son of ariel silverwing and cassiel silverwing and later the father of griffin silverwing and becoming mate to marina brightwing he is the protagonist of the novel silverwing as well as its sequel, sunwing. Goth is the main antagonist of the childrens book series silverwing and its television adaptation. Shade silverwing is the runt of the colony, and he lives a life of darkness, as bats were not allowed to see the sun due to an ancient battle.
The book follows the lives of a colony of silverwing bats. 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. Silverwing the silverwing trilogy book 1 kindle edition by oppel, kenneth. Shade has seen humans enter the forest and take away hundreds of sleeping bats for an unknown purpose. He does not know of his father, but has heard many great stories about him from his mother and the rest of the colony. Shades story continues in sunwing, as he travels to the far southern. Unlike frieda, the head elder, bathsheba is cruel and sneaky. Oppel dead water zone turns to animal fantasy with this mostly absorbing adventure story about a bat named shade, the runt of the silverwing colony. Oppel provides the bats with humanistic traits, which has led to its comparison to the popular childrens book watership down. Shade, which is the main character in the novel is the son of ariel and cassiel silverwing, and is the runt of his colony is often picked on by the other newborns for being small and helpless. Download it once and read it on your kindle device, pc, phones or tablets. I liked this book a lot, but found it a bit disturbing at times. While the silverwing bats are migrating to hibernaculum, he gets swept to sea.
Oct 01, 1997 silverwing is a colony of small dark bats, migrating south, ahead of runt shade. Then, one day, the colony goes on the yearly trip to go mate with the m. When a newborn bat named shade but sometimes called runt becomes separated from his colony. The tone and artistic ambition of this series of bestsellers has been compared to the classic animal novel watership down. The humans banded marina and the colony banished her, thinking that the band was a bad omen. As punishment, owls burn the bats roost, forcing them to migrate earlier than normal. After shade meets marina brightwing at the deserted island, they head to the city.
He has always been a bit slower and weaker than the other newborns. Shade is a young silverwing bat, the runt of his colony determined to prove himself on the long and dangerous winter migration to hibernaculum, millions of wingbeats to the south. This book is a stunning book about the runt of a bat colony of silverwings named shade. In silverwing, shade, a young silverwing bat, gets separated from his colony and must set out on a dangerous journey to find his way back to them. In this thrilling continuation of shades saga, kenneth oppel recaptures the adventure and poignancy of silverwing, which smithsonian magazine called a tourdeforce fantasy, and takes it to a new level of excitement. We would love it if every explorer was able to attend this special weekend. Shade is a young silverwing bat, the runt of his colony.
Shade and his family are trying to find a place better than hibercanlum wher the bats hibernate during the long hard winter. Silverwing the silverwing trilogy book 1 kindle edition. Here we have the first chapter of kenneth opels silverwing. Shade silverwing, also known as shade is the main protagonist in kenneth oppels silverwing series. Aug 12, 1999 kenneth oppel gives a bats eye view of the horrors of animal testing in sunwing, the sequel to his popular and awardwinning novel for middle readers, silverwing.
Sharon alexander a young brightwing bat living alone on an island. This was the perfect book choice for the month of october. Silverwing by kenneth oppel, is a heartwarming tale of friendship, courage, and how it feels to be extraordinary. Swept out to sea by a storm, he meets older marina, banished by brightwings who thought her band was a poison curse. All four books, published between 1997, 1998, 2002 and 2007, are commonly assigned in the curriculum of upper elementary and middle school grades in canada, and in some parts of the united states. After breaking one of the animal worlds biggest rules and becoming a fugitive, and getting lost at sea during a migration, shade. It is about shade, the runt of his colony and is so small that he gets bullied for it.