Series
Silverwing
Kenneth Oppel · 5 novels · 1997–2007
Kenneth Oppel's Silverwing novels follow a colony of bats whose society is divided along old lines of species, faction, and belief, forcing young bats to navigate conflicts that adults have inherited rather than chosen. Across four books, the series treats bat colonies as full societies with their own history and politics, using that lens to explore tolerance and freedom of thought. It's popular enough to have been adapted into an animated television series.
Summary by Loreful, from public sources
The order the books came out.
Best read in the order they were published.
Map
Silverwing at the centre, its books fanned around what holds them. Pick anything for its details, and zoom out for similar series in orbit — the reading order above lists the same books as text.
Stats
By decade
- 1990s2
- 2000s3
Shape
5 novels
1 author
reads like:fantasycoming of ageour worldtimeless or unspecifiedadventurousmiddle grade
Mood
Bright and intense: 100% of this series' placed works, the catalog's 44%.
this series · the catalog · one dot = one book5 of 5 works carry a tone
Edges of the map
- Sunwingdarkest · most intense
- The Silverwing Trilogybrightest · calmest