DURING A STORM, SHADE IS SWEPT OUT OVER THE OCEAN — AWAY FROM HIS FAMILY, HIS FRIENDS, AND THE ONLY LIFE HE HAS EVER KNOWN.

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. During a storm, Shade is swept out over the ocean — away from his family, his friends, and the only life he has ever known. Alone and frightened as winter fast approaches and temperatures plunge, Shade sets out on a remarkable journey to rejoin his colony to the south.

AWARDS

• Mr Christie’s Book Award for 12 and Up
• Canadian Library Association Book of the Year for Children
• Silver Birch Award, Ontario Library Association
• Blue Heron Award
• CNIB Talking Book Award
• Manitoba Young Readers Choice Award
• Red Cedar Book Award (B.C.)
• Hackmatack Atlantic Readers’ Choice Award
• Maud Hart Lovelace Readers’ Choice Award (Minnesota)
• SNCF Prix 2002 du livre de Jeunesse (Roman enfants category)
• Banco del Libro Award (IBBY South America)

Kenneth Oppel is the author of numerous books for young readers. His award-winning Silverwing trilogy has sold over a million copies worldwide and was adapted into an animated TV series and stage play.Airbornwon the Governor General’s Literary Award and also won the Michael L. Printz Honor Book Award. He is the author ofHalf Brotherwhich won both the Canadian Library Association’s Book of the Year for Children Award as well as the CLA Young Adult Book Award the first time in the awards’ history the same title has won both honours, This Dark Endeavor, Such Wicked Intent, The Boundless,andThe Nestwhich won the CLA Book of the Year for Children Award.A two-time nominee for the Hans Christian Andersen Award, he lives in Toronto with his wife and three children. Visit him online atwww.kennthoppel.ca.

Author: Kenneth Oppel (Local Torontonian!)Series: SilverwingFormat: Mass Market PaperbackProduct dimensions: 272 pages,Published:Publisher:HarperCollinsRecommended for ages 8+.