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Kenneth Oppel
He vows he will never dabble in the dark sciences again, just as he vows he will no longer covet Elizabeth, his brother’s betrothed. When Victor and Elizabeth discover a…
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One teen’s summer job scaring tourists with ghost stories takes a terrifying turn
This companion to Silverwing and Sunwing continues Oppel’s fantastical adventure. Griffin, a Silverwing bat, is sucked into a fissure below the earth during an earthquake. Griffin’s father Shade realizes his…
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The third novel in Kenneth Oppel’s New York Times bestselling Silverwing trilogy, with over a million copies sold worldwide. A new edition for the UK with an amazing new cover…
"Gabe's summer job scaring tourists with ghost stories turns terrifyingly real when he accidentally summons the spirit of a dead girl--and must join forces with her to protect the world…
Aboard The Boundless, the greatest train ever built, on its maiden voyage across Canada, teenaged Will enlists the aid of a traveling circus to save the train from villains.
Tina Quark has invented the ultimate robot! The Tinatron 1000 is programmed to perform any task flawlessly–from cleaning to homework, and everything in between. But when Tinatron’s circuits start to…
Devotion turns deadly in this second Gothic thriller from Printz Honor-winner Oppel that is every bit as thrilling and engaging ( VOYA ) as This Dark Endeavor.
Now in paperback–a swashbuckling new fantasy by the bestselling author of the Silverwing trilogy. In the early 20th century, a young orphan serves as a cabin boy aboard an airship…
Romeo and Juliet meets Indiana Jones in award-winning author Oppel’s beautifully written new novel where the hunt for a dinosaur skeleton buried in the Badlands, bitter rivalries, and a forbidden…
When his grieving father orders the destruction of the Dark Library, Victor retrieves a book in which he finds the promise of not just communicating with the dead, but entering…
In the late nineteenth century, a budding romance develops between Rachel and Samuel, two teenagers from rival families of fossil hunters heading out to the badlands in seach of a…
When an inkblot, who can write, listen, learn, and draw, jumps out of Mr. Rylance’s sketchbook, Ethan believes he may be the answer to their problems and names him Inkling.
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When his twin brother falls ill in the family’s chateau in the independent republic of Geneva in the 18th century, 16-year-old Victor Frankenstein embarks on a dangerous and uncertain quest…
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Le troisi?me tome de la c?l?bre saga de Kenneth Oppel!
La terre tremble et se fissure soudain, aspirant Griffon, un chauve-souriceau aux ailes d'argent, dans…
Matt Cruse, the intrepid young hero of the Michael L. Printz Honor Book Airborn, is back on another high-flying adventure set in a fantastic world filled with luxurious airships, swashbuckling…
Bestselling author Oppel returns to take readers back to the world of his Printz Honor Book Airborn and the New York Times -bestselling Skybreaker, in this breathtaking new sequel.
Award-winning and bestselling author Oppel returns readers to a rich world of flight and fantasy in this breathtaking new sequel to Airborn and Skybreaker.
Ben must take dramatic steps, and the repercussions ricochet through his home and community with devastating results. This phenomenal novel is a thought-provoking story of relationships and family, first love…
When wasps come to Steve in a dream offering to fix his sick baby brother, he thinks all he has to do is say yes. But yes may not mean…
Jacket art … by M.S. Corley; interior art used under license from Shutterstock.com –Copyright page.
Fans left desperate for more at the end of Bloom will dive into this second book of the Overthrow trilogy–where the danger mounts and alien creatures begin to hatch.
First…
After the aliens begin their invasion of Earth, a rebel faction contacts Anaya and proposes a plan that would allow humans, hybrids, and cryptogens to coexist peacefully, though it is…
In this sequel to Silverwing , Shade, a young bat, continues his search for his father and struggles to prevent the evil jungle bat Goth from wiping out the sun.
The aliens are starting to hatch! Fans left desperate for more at the end of Bloom will dive into the non-stop action of this second book in the Overthrow trilogy.
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A brilliant oncologist battles a fatal disease but discovers that a murderer may hold within him the cure. When she helps him escape from prison, a terrifying manhunt takes them…
Shade is a young bat, the runt of the Silverwing colony. When he gets lost during a perilous migration he must prove his strength to find his flock again. This…
This is a Borzoi book published by Alfred A. Knopf –Copyright page.
An old church tower has a problem with bats, but when Tina’s homemade Bat Zapper attracts more bats than it repels, the boys take matters into their own hands. Or…
When his twin brother falls ill in the family’s chateau in the independent republic of Geneva in the eighteenth century, sixteen-year-old Victor Frankenstein embarks on a dangerous and uncertain quest…
When Giles, Tina and Kevin see books moving in the library all by themselves, they know they have to investigate. But Tina’s amazing ghostometer doesn’t pick up any ghosts, so…
Dans la tradition des romans de Jules Verne et de Robert Louis Stevenson, Kenneth Oppel d?peint un monde a?rien imaginaire, peupl? de voyageurs transcontinentaux, de…
A Printz Honor author follows up his bestselling Skybreaker with a prequel to the Silverwing trilogy, in this powerfully imaginative look at life as it might once have been–an adventure…
A small bat’s curiosity leads to an action-packed odyssey in the acclaimed Silverwing trilogy from Kenneth Oppel, now available as a collectible boxed set. Shade is a young silverwing bat…
Kit Pearson
Theo’s dream of belonging to a real family seems to come true when she is mysteriously adopted by the warm Kaldor clan. But as time passes, the magic fades–really fades…
Sandra Benitez,Kenneth Oppel
From critically acclaimed author Bentez comes a compelling novel that takes one woman on a journey from Minnesota to Mexico in a search that tests her marriage, uncovers family secrets…
Kenneth Oppel,Jon Klassen
Para algunos chiquillos, el verano no es sino un soleado periodo de diversion. Pero para Steve es una temporada mas de preocupaciones. De angustia por su pequeno hermano recien nacido…
Award-winning author Kenneth Oppel creates an eerie masterpiece in this compelling story that explores disability and diversity, fears and dreams, and what ultimately makes a family. With illustrations from celebrated…
Originally published in hardcover in the United States by Knopf Books for Young Readers, an imprint of Random House Children’s Books, a division of Penuin Random House LLC, New York…
Originally published in hardcover in 2014 by Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers.
Published in 2020 by arrangement with Simon & Schuster Children’s Publishing Division –Copyright page.
