Firewing

Name: Firewing
Brand: Recorded Books
Availability: InStock
Author: Kenneth Oppel
ISBN: 9781436188494

Author: Kenneth Oppel

Series: Silverwing

Narrator: John McDonough

Unabridged: 9 hr 39 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: Recorded Books

Published: 05/22/2009

Categories: Children's Fiction, Fantasy Stories, Action & Adventure Stories, Animal Stories

Synopsis

Griffin is just a newborn bat when he falls through an underground fissure into the most dangerous of all places, the Underworld-the land of the dead. Though his father, the heroic Shade, will try to rescue him, Griffin bravely sets off on his own adventure to find the Tree that will take him home. Will he make it? This companion to Silverwing and Sunwing is mesmerizing, full of extraordinary details and vibrant imagery.

About Kenneth Oppel

Kenneth Oppel is the author of numerous books for young readers. His award-winning Silverwing trilogy has sold over a million copies worldwide and been adapted as an animated TV series and stage play. Airborn won a Michael L. Printz Honor Book Award and the Canadian Governor General’s Literary Award for children’s literature; its sequel, Skybreaker, was a New York Times bestseller and was named Children’s Novel of the Year by the London Times. He is also the author of Half Brother, This Dark Endeavor, Such Wicked Intent, and The Boundless. Born on Canada’s Vancouver Island, he has lived in Nova Scotia and Newfoundland, Canada; in England and Ireland; and now resides in Toronto with his wife and children. Visit him at KennethOppel.ca.

Reviews

Goodreads review by Hannah on January 01, 2025

A kid’s book about bat hell that made me surprisingly emotional for about the last 20 pages😮‍💨......more

Goodreads review by Lily on January 18, 2018

3.5 stars. Although this was an amazing story, I just felt as though there was something missing, especially from the ending. This was the last book in the series and after a Christmas break filled with reading and caring about Shade, Marina and the other characters in this series I thought that thi......more

Goodreads review by Anya on January 04, 2021

People are really beating up this book. In fact, they caused me to almost overlook it altogether and stop at Book Two, which I'm really glad I didn't. This one was, in my opinion, a conclusive and solid ending to the trilogy. Maybe I never was a cheerleader for Shade or I'm just more accustomed to m......more