Darkwing (novel)

Darkwing was first released in Canada and the United States in August 2007. It was shortly followed with its release in the United Kingdom in May 2008. Below is the release details for the first edition hardback and paperback copies in these three publication regions. • 2007, CAN, HarperCollins , Pub date August 16, 2007, Hardback • 2007, US, Eos , Pub date August 21, 2007, Hardback • 2008, UK, Faber Children's Books , Pub date May 1, 2008, Paperback • 2008, US, Eos , Pub date August 26, 2008, Paperback • 2008, CAN, HarperCollins , Pub date October 17, 2008, Paperback == Reception ==

Darkwing is a Junior Library Guild book. It was well received by critics, including starred reviews from Booklist and Kirkus Reviews. Booklist's Michael Cart called the novel "richly plotted" and "fast-paced" and highlighted how "Oppel writes with keen insight and empathy about the condition of being other". Eric Norton, writing on behalf of School Library Journal, also pointed out Oppel's "celebration of difference". Although conceding that the novel is "sometimes too heavily anthropomorphized", Cart concluded that the novel provides "captivating reading from beginning to end". == References ==