Firewing

Firewing is a children's book written by the Canadian author, Kenneth Oppel. It is the third book in the series which also consists of: Silverwing, Sunwing and the prequel, Darkwing.

Publication history
Firewing was first released in Canada in April 2002. It was followed with its release in the United Kingdom and the United States in September 2002 and February 2003, respectively. Below is the release details for the first edition hardback and paperback copies in these three publication regions.


 * 2002, CAN, HarperCollins ISBN 978-0-00-639194-4, Pub date April 18, 2002, Trade paperback
 * 2003, US, Simon & Schuster ISBN 978-0-689-84993-0, Pub date February 1, 2003, Hardback
 * 2002, UK, Hodder Children's Books ISBN 978-0-340-85255-2, Pub date September 12, 2002, Paperback
 * 2003, CAN, HarperCollins ISBN 978-0-00-639302-3, Pub date December 18, 2003, Paperback
 * 2004, US, Aladdin ISBN 978-0-689-86988-4, Pub date May 4, 2004, Paperback

Reception
Kirkus Reviews praised Oppel's writing, calling it "beautiful in its evocation of the bat world". However, they noted a "problem with voice in the story", noting some poorly-worded sections. They added, "Such inelegant writing is unfortunate in the midst of a fine tale".

School Library Journal's John Peters did not discuss Oppel's writing. Peters said the novel has "plenty of rousing action; special effects on a grand scale; a leavening of humor as well as stimulating thoughts on the nature of life, death, the afterlife, loyalty, courage, honesty, and other essential topics more than compensate for iffy internal logic".