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Silverwing is a children's novel written by Kenneth Oppel, first published in 1997 by HarperCollins. It tells the story of the Silverwings, a colony of silver-haired bats . Silverwing is the first installment of the Silverwing series, though it is chronologically the second novel in the sequence after Darkwing .
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Pages in category "Silverwing (series)" The following 5 pages are in this category, out of 5 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. D. Darkwing (novel) F.
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Oppel was born in Port Alberni, and spent his childhood in Victoria, British Columbia and Halifax, Nova Scotia.He also lived in Newfoundland and Labrador, England, and Ireland.
Kirkus Reviews praised Oppel's writing, calling it "beautiful in its evocation of the bat world". However, they noted a "problem with voice in the story", noting some poorly-worded sections.
Sarah Ellis of Quill & Quire called it a "book of big effects" and a "natural for the on-screen generation." [1] Kirkus Reviews wrote that it "stands well on its own" and praised the plot and the characterisation. [2]