by Kenneth Oppel
Have you ever been the underdog? Have you ever been in an impossible situation? Have you ever needed to do something so important that you'd risk your life for it?
Shade is a bat who is the runt of the litter. He wants to be big like the other bats. His mom, Ariel, is always giving him rules. One night, Shade breaks a big rule by seeing the sun. The owls don't like it, so they start a fire on the bat's roost. The bats are forced to leave early for Hibernaculum, the place where the bats hibernate. Along the way, Shade gets stuck in a storm and is separated from his colony.
Shade begins his journey to find the silverwing colony in Hibernaculum. Shade's adventure takes him to a small sandy island, a big city, and a dirty sewer. Along the way Shade meets a brightwing bat named Marina. She decides to go with Shade to find his colony. The two bats meet an albino bat named Zephyr who can see into the future and the past.
Shade faces his biggest challenge when he meets two cannibal bats, Goth and Throbb. They want Shade to lead them to his colony so they can eat all the bats. Will Shade be able save all the silverwing bats?
Silverwing is a great book because it is very entertaining and leaves you on edge from chapter to chapter. Grades 5th-6th.
Review by Mary Caroline