This would have been one of my favorites when I was a kid! It was thrilling, kept me reading, and I didn't feel like it was a waste of time. I'm putting this on a shelf for my grandkids to read one day. ( )

A little tiny bat embarks on a great big quest in this first book of what promises to be a well written trilogy. Oppel presents just enough mystery to make you want to continue the series and along the way he tackles issues of identity, oppression, friendship, and resolve with just a hint of the supernatural in the form of a religious schism between militant jungle bats and more pacifist northern bats. But it's the owls who get the worst rep. Geared towards the primary school crowd despite some gory passages (the jungle bats are meat-eating cannibals) yet the story is complex enough to entertain older readers who just want to take a break from heavier adult fare. ( )

Recommended by my 9 year old, so I am definitely reading it!

I enjoyed this book very much! Another J/YA series that has great characters and is easy to read. Of course, after my son said that I HAD to read it, I gently reminded him that it was me who found it for him! But, he was correct in that is is a good book.

All about bats. I like bats.

I am looking forward to reading the next in the series. ( )

"Shade is a young silverwing bat, the runt of his colony. But he's determined to prove himself on the long, dangerous winter migration to Hibernaculum, millions of wingbeats to the south. During a fierce storm, he loses the others and soon faces the most incredible journey of his young life."

"The perfect adventure for a noble hero." -School Library Journal

One of my favorites, even re-reading years later it's just as good as the first time. ( )