The release date for the English version of 'Silverwing' by
Kenneth Oppel is Jan 1998. If you enjoy this novel, it is available for buy as a paperback from Barnes & Noble or Indigo, as an ebook on the Amazon Kindle store, or as an audiobook on Audible.
Being the youngest member of his colony, Shade is a Silverwing bat. However, he is adamant about proving himself throughout the perilous, protracted winter trip millions of wingbeats south to Hibernaculum. He loses the others in a violent storm, and he soon embarks on the most amazing voyage of his early life. Desperately searching for a way to rejoin his flock, Shade meets a remarkable cast of characters: Marina, a Brightwing bat with a strange metal band on her leg; Zephyr, a mystical albino bat with a strange gift; and Goth, a gigantic carnivorous vampire bat. But which are the adversaries and which are the friends? Shade will need all the assistance he can get in this epic tale of suspense and adventure if he is to ever see his family again.
The author of one of the finest young reader novels in Canada is still very young. Twelve years later, Kenneth Oppel—whose first book was published when he was eighteen—began to truly catch his stride with Silverwing, the first of a gripping adventure trilogy set in the nocturnal world of bats that drew in both middle readers and prize judges.