- Bats, Fiction, Growth, Juvenile fiction
When a newborn bat named Shade but sometimes called "Runt" becomes separated from his colony during migration, he grows in ways that prepare him for even greater journeys.
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Classical in form, earnest, contemporary and grave.
- classical in formformally daring
- earnestironic
- contemporarynostalgic
- gravecomic
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About the book
- Author
- Kenneth Oppel
- First published
- 1997
- Pages
- 255
- Publisher
- Hodder Children's, Beltz GmbH, Julius, HarperTrophy
- Editions
- 25
- Language
- Chinese, Portuguese, French, Russian
- ISBN
- 9781416924968
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First sentence
“Skimming over the banks of the stream, Shade heard the beetle warming up its wings.”
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