"In Firewing, the third book of the Silverwing Series, Oppel continues the adventures of Shade and Griffin in the Underworld setting. Griffin tries to steal fire from the humans to try to live up to his father’s reputation. In the process, his friend Luna gets badly burned. Firewing is a darker story than its prequels, but the images can be interpreted as religious allusions, such as the Underworld, a kind of purgatory where everything appears beautiful, but is really false. The story of the bat family in crisis could be paralleled with human life choice and decisions."--Ministry of Education website.

English language arts grade 8 (2009).