Book Review: Silverwing

I don't normally review books designated for children, but at more than 200 pages without illustrations, this one isn't too kiddie. Apparently, the series it kicks off is better known in Kenneth Oppel's native Canada, where it became an animated miniseries. All I knew going in (not that I recall how I found out about it) was that it starred a bat and therefore probably belonged to the talking-animal subgenre of Watership Down, Tailchaser's Song, and Hunter's Moon.

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I feel ready for something less tame, so I picked up Robin Hobb's Assassin's Apprentice. It certainly has more nuanced social dynamics so far.