Its about the way families are made, the way humanity is judged, the way easy choices become hard ones, and how you cant always do right by the people and animals you love. Shade, a young silverwing bat, is searching the countryside for his father when he discovers a huge glass building. His books for children and young adults include silverwing and sunwing, both of which. Get the best deal by comparing prices from over 100,000 booksellers. This book is a natural for the onscreen generation. He is also the author of half brother, this dark efore long shade and marina. Books author public speaking events resources contact back teacher study guides media bright ideas faqs books author public speaking events resources teacher study guides media. Sunwing ebook by kenneth oppel 9781481419406 rakuten kobo. Sunwing has 10 available editions to buy at half price books marketplace. But all that changes when his mother brings home his new baby brother zanan eightdayold chimpanzee. He wrote four books for the silverwing novel series. Soon ben is forced to make a critical choice between what he is told to believe and what he knows to be true between obeying his father or protecting his brother from an unimaginable fate. It focuses on two brothers one is very big and strong and the other is weak and nerdy.
Kenneth oppel is the author of numerous books for young readers. In the hands of master storyteller kenneth oppel, its a novel you wont soon forget. If one or more works are by a distinct, homonymous authors, go ahead and split the author. When ben tomlins mother brings home his new baby brother, an eightdayold chimpanzee, ben is far from thrilled. Sunwing the silverwing trilogy paperback march 25, 2008. This onepage guide includes a plot summary and brief analysis of half brother by kenneth oppel. All content included on our site, such as text, images, digital downloads and other, is the property of its content suppliers and protected by us and international laws. Librarything is a cataloging and social networking site for booklovers. The pace is hectic, the villains are dastardly, and the narrative style is that of a series of extremely visual scenes. The links will take you to the web sites home page. Printz honor book award and the canadian governor generals literary award for childrens literature. By books end, in a tourdeforce of clever plotting, all is resolved. Shade, the lost baby bat of the first book, has rejoined his colony only to lose his freedom as the bats plunge into a mysterious human building they believe is paradise. Sunwing isbn 9781416949978 pdf epub kenneth oppel ebook.
I was born in 1967 in port alberni, a mill town on vancouver island, british columbia but spent the bulk of my childhood in victoria, b. Kenneth oppel is one of the most highly regarded authors of middlegrade fiction writing today. Oppel is a previous recipient of the childrens book of the year award for both silverwing and sunwing. Author kenneth oppels complete list of books and series in order, with the latest releases, covers, descriptions and availability. The main plot is a continuation of the original story first book in which young shade continues his search for his father, and tries to stop the evil. Sunwing book by kenneth oppel half price books marketplace. Shade travels to the far southern jungle, where he will do all he can to find his fatherand save the world from an eternal night. His most recent books are airborn 2004 and its sequel, skybreaker 2005, and darkwing 2007, the prequel to. Sunwing audiobook by kenneth oppel 9781436188517 rakuten kobo. The nest written by kenneth oppel, illustrated by jon klassen. Half brother kenneth oppel author 2011 sunwing silverwing series book 2 kenneth oppel author. Half brother is an engaging book about the life of a year old boy by the name of ben tomlin.
See all books authored by kenneth oppel, including airborn, and halfminute horrors, and more on. I just recommended kenneth oppel s new childrens book, half brother, to my 86 yearold grandmother. In the book sunwing by keneth oppel, shade a silver wing bat wants to find his father. His awardwinning silverwing trilogy has sold over a million copies worldwide and been adapted as an animated tv series and stage play. High in the sky, far above the normal lanes of travel, drifts a ghost ship carrying unbelievable treasure. Oppel has written a story about adoption, family, relationships and coming of age. His other books include half brother, this dark endeavor, such wicked intent, the boundless, the nest and every hidden thing. The silverwing collection book by kenneth oppel official.
Here at, we are committed to protecting your privacy. Meettheauthor recording with kenneth oppel about half brother. Part science lesson, part animal rights crusade, part morality tale, part coming of age story, half brother is a departure from bestselling author kenneth oppel s betterknown fictional worlds of flying ships and bats. From 1995 to 1996, oppel worked as an editor atquill and quire, the trade magazine of the canadian publishing industry. Griffin was hoping theyd just forget he was there, but luna turned to him. Kenneth oppel is currently considered a single author.
His father, a renowned behavioral scientist, has uprooted the family and moved them halfway across the country, to victoria, b. Double win for half brother kenneth oppel s half brother has won both the canadian library associations book of the year for children award and the cla young adult book award. Dead water zone by kenneth oppel is a science fiction story that takes place called watertown. If the cannibal bats got 100 sacrifices the sun would be gone forever. Aug 12, 1999 kenneth oppel gives a batseye view of the horrors of animal testing in sunwing, the sequel to his popular and awardwinning novel for middle readers, silverwing. At around twelve i decided i wanted to be a writer this came after deciding i wanted to be a scientist, and then an architect. All the same, it contains everything young readers could want.
Meanwhile, the vampyrum spectrum bat goth has his own sinister goals to complete. Sunwing, the sequel to the book silverwing, is a a book written by the author kenneth oppel. Kenneth oppel is a canadian author whose most notable works include the silverwing franchise and. Kenneth oppel me everything want something the seed for my novel half brother was planted in my mind over twenty years ago, but didnt germinate until late 2007 when i came across the obituary for washoe, an extraordinary chimpanzee who had learned over 250 words of american sign language. Sunwing by kenneth oppel when eternal darkness threatens to invade. Among the awards that kenneth oppel has won for his books are.
Red maple award monica hughes scifi and fantasy award. Honour book, cla book of the year for children award. Kenneth oppel books list of books by author kenneth oppel. Bens father is a behavioral scientist examining if chimps have the ability, like us humans, to learn american sign language asl.
He is a slow learner, whose grades arent the highest. Your email address will never be sold or distributed to a third party for any reason. From the printzhonorwinning author of airborn comes an absorbing ya novel about a teen boy whose scientist parents tak. Read half brother by kenneth oppel available from rakuten kobo.
Oppel moved to england and wrote a number of books during that period, gleaning several ideas while working at typing students papers. Set in the 1970s, when teaching a chip to talk was cuttingedge research, half brother explores some tough questions about ethics, animal treatment, and what it really means to be human. In this continuation of shades saga, kenneth oppel recaptures the adventure and poignancy of silverwing, which smithsonian magazine called a tourdeforce fantasy, and takes it to a new level of excitement. In addition to more than a dozen books for children and young adults, oppel also writes original screenplays, which have been optioned by producers in london, toronto, and hollywood. Harpercollins, 1999 cla book of the year for children 2000 this video was developed by daisy hui and jane whittingham for libr 527. From the printzhonorwinning author of airborn comes an absorbing ya novel about a. After graduating from high school, oppel attended the university of toronto, where he studied english and film. Synopsis after being reunited with his colony after a long and.
When eternal darkness threatens to invade, shade and marina must journey to the far southern jungle to save the world in. Half brother by kenneth oppel audio book simply audiobooks. Half brother ebook by kenneth oppel 9780545328784 rakuten. His relationship with his father is quite complicated, however, he loves his younger brother zan. Kenneth oppel books author download ebooks pdf, mobi, epub. Immediately following the events of the first novel, shade silverwing sets out with his friends to find his missing father, cassiel, and other bats who have gone missing from their colony. Sunwing book by kenneth oppel official publisher page. Half brother isnt just a story about a boy and a chimp. At home i was envious of her complete absorption in the book, but also excited because i knew i would get to read it next. It continues the saga of shade a young silverwing bat. I knew it must be good when i heard that violet got in trouble at school for reading too much. Listen to sunwing by kenneth oppel available from rakuten kobo. He is also the author of half brother, this dark endeavor, such wicked intent, and the boundless.
Read sunwing by kenneth oppel available from rakuten kobo. He is also the author of half brother, this dark endeavor, such. Ben is a thirteen year old boy whos perspective is represented throughout the book, half brother. Mar 09, 2016 in the book sunwing by keneth oppel, shade a silver wing bat wants to find his father. Jul 19, 2001 in sunwing, oppel admirably fulfills his promise of a sequel. Told from bens perspective, the story is believable and incredibly addictive. It is the first time a book has won in both categories. See all books authored by kenneth oppel, including airborn, and half minute horrors, and more on. Some of his bestknown titles are inkling,the nest, airborn, a 2005 printz honor book, and silverwing. Sunwing is the second novel in the silverwing franchise. However, despite the fact that opel was born in port alberni, he spent a bigger part of his childhood days in victoria, bc, and halifax, nova scotia. Start a free 30day trial today and get your first audiobook free.
Kenneth oppel we had a family friend who knew roald dahl one of my favourite authors and this friend offered to show dahl my story. Kenneth oppel was born in the year 1967, in the mill town of port alberni located on vancouver island, bc. This acclaimed book by kenneth oppel is available at in several formats for your ereader. I stayed up really late reading it when i should have gone to bed early. Half brother 2010 by canadian young adult novelist kenneth oppel is a historical fiction book that follows an adolescent growing up with a chimpanzee who is part of his fathers scientific research. Born on vancouver island, kenneth oppel has lived in nova scotia and newfoundland, as well as england and ireland.
Author of silverwing, airborn, half brother, this dark endeavour, the boundless, the nest, every hidden thing and inkling, coming fall 2018. But while shade was trapped in a human building his father was caught by cannibal bats which wanted to make shades father a sacrifice to the night god. Kenneth oppel born august 31, 1967 is a canadian childrens writer. He is also the author of half brother, this dark endeavor, such wicked intent, and the. Half brother canadian library association young adult book award. Sunwing kenneth oppel harper collins browse inside isbn 97800064817 the first book in this series, silverwing, won 11 awards.
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