Silverwing is a speculative fantasy novel by Kenneth Oppel and is the first book is the silverwing series. The story is about a young silverwing bat named shade whose father disappeared when he was young and is bullied by the other bats for being the runt of the litter. When shade defies the ancient rule where the bats are not allowed to look at the sun, the Owls who are the rivals of the bats demand shade to be handed over, when the colony refuses, the owls burn down their roosting tree, as a result the colony of bats must migrate to their winter roosting home known as the hibernaculum. The bats must endure a long and perilous journey through sprawling cities and wild forests, especially Shade. I really enjoyed reading this series because of its animal characters which gave me a different character perspective than most normal novels, it was great read. I would recommend this book to both middle and high school students.
Sameer Khan
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