WHO WILL FIND GRIFFIN FIRST? AND WHO WILL SURVIVE TO EMBARK ON THE PERILOUS JOURNEY BACK TO THE LAND OF THE LIVING? The earth heaves and splits in a terrible quake and... ... Griffin, a Silverwing newborn, is sucked into a fissure deep below the earth. Shade, Griffin's father, soon realises that his son has been drawn into the Underworld, and embarks on the most dangerous of journeys to rescue him. Shade knows he must find Griffin quickly, but something else is hunting Griffin -- a deadly foe Shade hoped he would never see again. Who will find Griffin first? And who will survive to embark on the perilous journey back to the land of the living? Kenneth Oppel is the author of numerous books for young readers. His award-winning Silverwing trilogy has sold over a million copies worldwide and was adapted into an animated TV series and stage play. Airborn won the Governor General's Literary Award and also won the Michael L. Printz Honor Book Award. He is the author of Half Brother which won both the Canadian Library Association's Book of the Year for Children Award as well as the CLA Young Adult Book Award – the first time in the awards' history the same title has won both honours, This Dark Endeavor, Such Wicked Intent, The Boundless, and The Nest which won the CLA Book of the Year for Children Award. A two-time nominee for the Hans Christian Andersen Award, he lives in Toronto with his wife and three children. Visit him online at www.kennethoppel.ca. Author: Kenneth Oppel (Local Torontonian!) Series: Silverwing Format: Mass market Paperback Product dimensions: 304 pages, 7" H x 5" W x 1" L Published: October 12, 2010 Publisher: HarperCollins Recommended for ages 8+.
