Kenneth Oppel's Books
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SilverwingShade 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,...Read More -
Peg and the WhalePeg was born upon the bright blue sea.A big, strapping lass, she isn't one to do things in half measures. Anything she turns her hand to, she's good...Read More
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Peterborough Examiner, October 31, 2009
...One Community invites everyone in the City of Kawartha Lakes to 'get on the same page' and read Kenneth Oppel's 'Silverwing'. The program will run until Nov. 30. Many activities will take place at city libraries during the month of November. When you...
TheStar.com.my, October 15, 2009
...things right and prove that there is more than just one way of being a hero. Starclimber Author: Kenneth Oppel Publisher: HarperCollins (400 pages) THE Starclimber is a vessel that literally climbs its way into the cosmos. Trainee pilot Matt Cruse and...
Jam! Showbiz Movies, October 4, 2009
...attractions include the Money Matters Tent; the World Music Stage; and the Bestsellers Stage, with authors Bonnie Burnard, Kenneth Oppel and Elizabeth May, leader of the Green Party. May, who is promoting her seventh book, 'Losing Confidence: Power,...
Chronicle Herald, September 27, 2009
...attractions include the Money Matters Tent; the World Music Stage; and the Bestsellers Stage, with authors Bonnie Burnard, Kenneth Oppel and Elizabeth May, leader of the Green Party. May, who is promoting her seventh book, Losing Confidence: Power,...
News 1130, September 25, 2009
...attractions include the Money Matters Tent; the World Music Stage; and the Bestsellers Stage, with authors Bonnie Burnard, Kenneth Oppel and Elizabeth May, leader of the Green Party. May, who is promoting her seventh book, 'Losing Confidence: Power,...
Richmond News, August 26, 2009
...to keep in mind how it would feel to be in the other person's shoes. Silverwing by Kenneth Oppel Review by Antonio, Age 12 This book is about a newborn bat who is taken apart from his colony while trying to find a new home. Shade meets another...
Examiner.com, July 31, 2009
...in length. This is a story of a 16-year-old princess who is rescued from death. · Skybreaker, by Kenneth Oppel, 08. There are ten discs and almost 12 hours of audio. Matt Cruise pursues the Hyperion, a ghost ship that holds a secret treasure. · Slam,...
National Post, July 21, 2009
...has contributed two Governor General Literary Award winning books to Dr. Thirsk's official flight kit: Airborn by Kenneth Oppel and Deux pas vers les etoiles by Jean-Rock Gaudreault. Dr. Thirsk is a descendent of Sir John Buchan, Lord Tweedsmuir of...
National Post, July 20, 2009
...Arts has contributed two Governor General Literary Award-winning books to Dr. Thirsk's official flight kit: Airborn by Kenneth Oppel, and Deux pas vers les étoiles by Jean-Rock Gaudreault. Dr. Thirsk selected the books in remembrance of the fact that he...
CBC Sudbury, July 20, 2009
...Thirsk is accompanied in space by two Canadian voices. The engineer has books by B.C.-born writer Kenneth Oppel and Quebec playwright Jean-Rock Gaudreault. Oppel's novel Airborn and Gaudreault's French-language play Deux pas vers les étoiles were...
The Scotsman, June 26, 2009
...the future, from outer space to fairy realms. There's more adventure for Matt Cruse in Starclimber by Kenneth Oppel (Faber and Faber, £6.99), the third instalment of his series set in an alternative past. Matt is overwhelmed to be invited to join the...
Globe and Mail, June 23, 2009
...Kenneth Oppel, the prolific penner of children's and young adult's books like Sunwing, Firewing and many others, is now the proud author of a book that is at this...
Chronicle Herald, June 8, 2009
...Kathy Stinson and Deirdre Betteridge (A Pocket Can Have a Treasure in It). Fullerton, meanwhile, won out over Kenneth Oppel (Starclimber), Budge Wilson (Before Green Gables), Susin Nielsen (Word Nerd) and Thomas Wharton (The Shadow of Malabron...
Thunder Bay Chronicle-Journal, May 20, 2009
...Kathy Stinson and Deirdre Betteridge ('A Pocket Can Have a Treasure in It'). Fullerton, meanwhile, won out over Kenneth Oppel ('Starclimber'), Budge Wilson ('Before Green Gables'), Susin Nielsen ('Word Nerd') and Thomas Wharton ('The Shadow of Malabron...
Revelstoke EZ Rock, May 20, 2009
...Kathy Stinson and Deirdre Betteridge ('A Pocket Can Have a Treasure in It'). Fullerton, meanwhile, won out over Kenneth Oppel ('Starclimber'), Budge Wilson ('Before Green Gables'), Susin Nielsen ('Word Nerd') and Thomas Wharton ('The Shadow of Malabron...
Times & Transcripts, April 24, 2009
...TORONTO - Books by Robert Munsch, Charles Pachter and Kenneth Oppel have made the short list for the 2009 Ruth and Sylvia Schwartz Children's Book Awards. The two prizes, worth $6,000 apiece, recognize excellence in children's literature...
Guelph Mercury, April 23, 2009
...TORONTO Books by Guelphite Robert Munsch, Charles Pachter and Kenneth Oppel have made the short list for the 2009 Ruth and Sylvia Schwartz Children's Book Awards. The two prizes, worth $6,000 apiece, recognize excellence in children's literature...
660 News, April 22, 2009
...TORONTO - Books by Robert Munsch, Charles Pachter and Kenneth Oppel have made the short list for the 2009 Ruth and Sylvia Schwartz Children's Book Awards. The two prizes, worth $6,000 apiece, recognize excellence in children's literature...
School Library Journal, April 1, 2009
...CDs. 3:15 hrs. Recorded Books. cassette: ISBN 978-1-4361-4861-0, CD: ISBN 978-1-4361-4866-5. $30.75. Gr 4-7. Skybreaker. By Kenneth Oppel; narrated by David Kelly. 10 CDs. 11 hrs. Full Cast Audio. ISBN 978-0-7393-6488-8. $65. Gr 5 Up. The 39 Clues: The...
Juneau Empire, March 27, 2009
...choices (to paraphrase Coville: Intelligent adults and intelligent children can enjoy listening together without embarrassment). Try 'Skybreaker,' by Kenneth Oppel, a 2009 Audie Award finalist, which follows the adventures of Matt Cruse (from 'Airborn')....
Globe Investor, February 10, 2009
...social and political messages. >> Other illustrious readers and MCs include authors Tim Wynne-Jones, Russell Smith, Paul Quarrington, Kenneth Oppel, Michael Helm, and Darren Wershler, as well as Alana Wilcox, Senior Editor at Coach House Books, Ellen...
Toronto Star Online, December 15, 2008
...if they think she and Peeta are in love. Fast-paced, engaging â' and Book One in a series. Kenneth Oppel's recent Starclimber (HarperCollins, 356 pages, $21.99, ages 10 to 13) offers steampunk fantasy, as airman Matt Cruse of Airborn and Skybreaker,...
Toronto Star Online, December 14, 2008
...her if they think she and Peeta are in love. Fast-paced, engaging and Book One in a series. Kenneth Oppel's recent Starclimber (HarperCollins, 356 pages, $21.99, ages 10 to 13) offers steampunk fantasy, as airman Matt Cruse of Airborn and Skybreaker, and...
Niagara This Week, December 7, 2008
...The Lincoln Public Library welcomed best selling Canadian children's author Kenneth Oppel on Oct. 29 during a special presentation about his best-selling children's series, Silverwing and the research he did on bats in order to write the series. The...
Lindsay Daily Post, December 5, 2008
...Paulette Bourgeois, Barbara Reid and Phoebe Gilman. Favourite authors of readers, aged 11 and up, included: Gordon Korman, Kenneth Oppel, Eric Walters, Jean Little and L. M. Montgomery. More than 50% of the children who entered the draw chose Canadian...
Chronicle Herald, November 24, 2008
...finalists for the English-language prize were Hugh Brewster for Carnation, Lily, Lily, Rose: The Story of a Painting; Kenneth Oppel for Dark-wing; Shane Peacock for Eye of the Crow: The Boy Sherlock Holmes, His First Case; and Frieda Wishinsky for...
Back to Books, October 19, 2009
...internet. Best Cathy Buchanan. Now, I'm going to another book signing & reading in November to see Kenneth Oppel which should be a little more anonymous though I do have a round about connection with him that's making me nervous about the whole thing...
books4yourkids.com, October 16, 2009
...as the protagonists, which by nature makes them children in peril. However, one of my favorite stories by Kenneth Oppel, author of the wonderful series of books about Shade, the Silverwing bat, is titled, "In Hiding," and is told from the perspective of...
Collection Developments @ Sno-Isle, October 13, 2009
...According to a consumer survey compiled by the Audio Publishers Association , “young listeners are the fastest growing market segment,” and that 53% of teens have listened to an audio book. With this growing listening population, it is good to...
Age of Menace, September 21, 2009
...Adventures for 1st edition AD&D for just $1 (!), along with some children's picture books, hardcovers (Kenneth Oppel's Skybreaker in brand new in hardcover for $1), paperbacks, videos and audio-books (I bought The Canterbury Tales on CD-Audio, and...
Montgomery City County Public Library, Montgomery,, August 25, 2009
...Beast” by Elizabeth Hoyt YOUNG ADULT FICTION “Life Of Pi” by Yann Martel “Star Climber” by Kenneth Oppel “If I Should Die Before I Wake” by Han Nolan JUVENILE FICTION “Earthquake Terror” by Peg Kehret BOOKS ON...
Back to Books, August 2, 2009
...- The Mud Puddle by Robert Munsch 5. Favourite Canadian YA or juvenile chapter book? - Silverwing by Kenneth Oppel 6. Favourite Canadian science fiction or fantasy book? - The Isis Trilogy by Monica Hughes 7. Favourite Canadian romantic fiction? -...
Original Content, June 4, 2009
...be entertaining. Brian James's The Heights is supposed to be a reworking of Wuthering Heights . Starclimber ! Kenneth Oppel ! Tamora Pierce has another Beka Cooper book out. I still haven't read Kate Thompson's The New Policeman , and now I see she has a...
io9, May 28, 2009
...because we realized that steampunk had completely overtaken the young adult field (Cassandra Clare, Scott Westerfeld, Jenny Davidson, Kenneth Oppel, etc., etc.) so maybe we could corral them into the same place and put together a fabulous book. (We may...
Quill & Quire, May 22, 2009
...The Queen of Paradise’s Garden by Andy Jones and Darka Erdelji • The King’s Taster by Kenneth Oppel, Steve Johnson, and Lou Fancher • Tell Me Why: How Young People Can Change the World by Eric Walters • Plus more fiction,...
MomBlogNetwork.com, May 21, 2009
...at Sea by Linda Bailey and Bill Slavin. Other contenders for the young adult award were: Starclimber, by Kenneth Oppel. Before Green Gables, by Budge Wilson. Word Nerd, by Susin Nielsen. The Shadow of Malabron, by Thomas Wharton. Source The Super Mom blog...
Jen Robinson's Book Page, May 1, 2009
...on MP3). Justina Chen Headley: North of Beautiful . Little, Brown Young Readers. Completed April 14, 2009. My review . Kenneth Oppel: Starclimber . HarperCollins. Completed April 18, 2009. My review . Laini Taylor: Dreamdark: Silksinger . Putnam....
Jen Robinson's Book Page, April 20, 2009
...Book: Starclimber Author: Kenneth Oppel Pages: 400 Age Range: 12 and up Kenneth Oppel's Starclimber is a worthy sequel to Airborn and Skybreaker , continuing the adventures of young skyship captain-in-training Matt Cruse and...
Confuzzled Books, April 13, 2009
...Sherrie said...Hi! I found you at Beth Fish's place. I would like to recommend StarClimber by Kenneth Oppel. Hi Sherrie Welcome to Confuzzled Books! I have seen this series and have often wondered about it. It sounds interesting but maybe for another time...
Boooooks's Blog, March 2, 2009
...Jacqueline Wilson (family story) Raven’s gate by Anthony Horowitz (fantasy/horror) Exit Oz by Catherine Forde Dusk by Kenneth Oppel (fantasy) Breaking dawn by Stephenie Meyer (the final book in the Twilight series) People of the sparks by Jeanne DuPrau...
Bib-Laura-graphy, February 3, 2009
...as librarians do to help them without scaring them away? Join in the conversation at the YALSA blog . Kenneth Oppel’s new Matt Cruse book is going to be amazing . Can I have a space elevator please? The brilliant Walter Dean Myers talks to Public...
BookMoot, January 28, 2009
...said. “But it does offer a great opportunity to experiment with delivering character and narrative across different mediums.” Kenneth Oppel 's website was one of the first I recall to use elaborate mini videos about his books. I remember the first...
deko and posh blog, January 6, 2009
...haven’t finished the book yet! Tee hee. I can tell it’s a great book, though. Author Kenneth Oppel ’s descriptions and storytelling pull you into the story, and the cliffhangers leave you longing for more—I broke my pattern and read three or four...
