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Silverwing
- Narrated by: John McDonough
- Series: Silverwing, Book 1
- Length: 7 hrs and 25 mins
- Unabridged Audiobook
- Categories: Children's Audiobooks, Action & Adventure
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Publisher's Summary
A Smithsonian Notable Book for Children, Silverwing combines action, fantasy and factual information on bats into an unforgettable tale. John McDonough's soaring narration brings Shade and his colony to life.
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- Phyllis
- 2019-08-12
enjoyable
very enjoyable can wait for next story , kinda left you hanging. Great for the whole family
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- Jennifer M. Burke
- 2021-06-14
For fans of Watership Down
I very much enjoyed the story, which was engrossing from beginning to end. Great plot.
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- Richard
- 2021-01-08
Fantastic Read
Still as good now as it was when it was read to me when I was young. I'm glad I got to hear it again.
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- Utilisateur anonyme
- 2022-01-21
10/10
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- James
- 2021-06-07
Wonderful story and narration
Charming story with many lessons about life and its challenges. Excellent narration. Thoroughly enjoyable for children and adults.
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- Patrick
- 2019-09-10
great
it was excellently performed. though I'm not sure the voice, which sounds pretty old, is a good fit for a character only a few months old.
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- K. E. Porter
- 2019-05-21
Good book. Bad formatting
I love this book. My children love it also. My only problem with this is that it is missing several chapter markers. This makes it very difficult to find your place when re-listening to chapters.
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- Julia Glunt
- 2019-02-26
Beautiful!
I love bats so much, I'm glad others do as well. They're such marvelous creatures.
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- A.S. Glenn
- 2019-02-05
Great story with a well thought out world.
I'm always looking for fantasy stories featuring unique protagonists. So far Silverwing is one of the only stories I've ever seen with bats as the main characters. Grounded in a real-world setting, the story does a great job of creating its own rules and mythos around these characters.
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- Jillie
- 2018-04-20
Nice details on bats
This is a sweet story about a little bat named Shade and his adventures in trying to make his way back to his colony after being separated during migration, and his quest for learning the truth of the world. The story includes many interesting factoids about bats.
John McDonough's narration is absolutely first rate.
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- Joel Hornbeck
- 2017-11-19
Fabulous!!!
It was very intense! Fun to read and listen too!
My son really enjoyed this book!
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- Shad
- 2017-01-25
good fun story for ages five to twelve or so.
My eight year old especially enjoyed it as he has a fascination with bats. Good mix of reality with magic and religion and morality.
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- Mara B.
- 2015-07-08
Amazing rendition of a bat's world
I enjoyed learning about bats and the varieties I am with which I am unfamiliar.
However, I did find the beginnings low and almost put it down. I am glad I stuck with it.
I was in Shade's mind the entire book.
Bravo for not using color. I did not notice (which is the point) and a difficult task!
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