{"product_id":"sunwing-9780006481713","title":"Sunwing","description":"\u003cp\u003eKenneth Oppel gives a bats-eye view of the horrors of animal testing in Sunwing  the sequel to his popular and award-winning novel for middle readers  Silverwing. Shade  the lost baby bat of the first book  has rejoined his colony only to lose his freedom as the bats plunge into a mysterious human building they believe is paradise. The buildings vast interior forest  with its teeming insects and eerie absence of owls  certainly seems like Eden. But Shade and his Brightwing friend Marina  now young adults  discover that the humans have a sinister motive for befriending the bats--they are using them as unwitting suicide bombers over a jungle war zone. In addition  the bats are threatened once again by Goth  the giant jungle bat with the cannibalistic tastes and irrepressible knack for survival of Hannibal Lecter. This time he has a plan for making his god  Zotz  supreme: to be explicit (and Oppel is)  by ripping out the hearts of 100 imprisoned bats  owls  and rats. Shades and Marinas race to save their companions from this two-pronged threat makes for exciting and occasionally terrifying reading. Once again Oppel immerses readers in the world view of his tiny flying mammals. It becomes second nature to see things upside down  hide in crevices  squint at the brightness of the sun  and sense danger through sound vibrations. Particularly chilling is his portrayal of the humans laboratory  with its concentration-camp-like indifference to life. In Sunwing  Oppel offers breathless suspense while eliciting our compassion for these misunderstood creatures of the night. (Ages 9 to 12) --Lisa Alward\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"My Store","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":67924494516277,"sku":"ByrdShop_000648171X","price":57.18,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0627\/8139\/0901\/files\/9780006481713.jpg?v=1794134370","url":"https:\/\/atxbooks.com\/products\/sunwing-9780006481713","provider":"ATX Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}