Wings of Fire (novel series)
 The Wings of Fire logo, used on the covers of the novels and universally in relation to the series as a whole. | |
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| Author | Tui T. Sutherland |
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| Illustrator | Joy Ang (covers and guides) Mike Holmes (Graphic Novels and maps) |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
| Genre | Fantasy, Young adult fiction, fiction |
| Publisher | Scholastic |
| Published | 1 July 2012 – present |
| Media type | Print (hardback & paperback) Audiobook & E-book |
| No. of books | 26: 21 novels, 5 graphic novels (currently) |
| Website | kids |
Wings of Fire is a series of children's fantasy novels written by author Tui T. Sutherland and published by Scholastic.[1] Over 14 million copies of the books have been sold and it has been on the New York Times bestseller list for more than 122 weeks. It has also been translated into more than ten different languages.[2]
Synopsis
The series currently consists of three arcs, which focus on young dragons, called dragonets, fulfilling prophecies in a fantasy world. Each arc consists of five books, and each book centers on its own protagonist whose story is told through a third person limited perspective. At present, a total of fifteen books in the main series have been released from 2012 to 2022. [3]
Settings and Universe
The world of Wings of Fire is made up of two continents that are populated by dragons – Pyrrhia (the focus of Books 1 through 10) and Pantala (the focus of Books 11 through 15). While Pyrrhia is home to seven tribes – MudWings, SandWings, RainWings, SkyWings, IceWings, SeaWings, and NightWings – Pantala houses only three tribes – HiveWings, SilkWings, and LeafWings and hybrids are in the world. Each tribe is ruled by a queen, and each tribe also has a royal family. Both continents are also inhabited by humans (called "scavengers" by Pyrrhian dragons and "reading monkeys" by some Pantalian dragons) who are seen as nothing more than animals and are even sometimes eaten. Although the later books in the third arc and the legends book Dragonslayer[4] explore the humans of the Wings of Fire world and their interactions with dragons more thoroughly.
Series Plot Summaries
The Dragonet Prophecy
The First Arc consists of five books: The Dragonet Prophecy (July 1, 2012), The Lost Heir (January 1, 2013), The Hidden Kingdom (May 28, 2013), The Dark Secret (October 29, 2013), and The Brightest Night (March 25, 2014).[5] The First Arc of the story took place during the War of SandWing Succession, also known as the Great War, when three SandWing sisters: Blister, Blaze, and Burn, all daughters of the deceased Queen Oasis form alliances with five dragon tribes of Pyrrhia (excluding RainWings and NightWings; RainWings are omitted from the war and NightWings are isolated from Pyrrhia) and declare war on each other for the throne as the SandWings' rightful queen which lasted at least 20 years. The first arc focused on the Dragonets of Destiny: Clay the MudWing, Tsunami the SeaWing, Glory the Rainwing, Starflight the NightWing, and Sunny the SandWing. The Dragonets of Destiny are five young dragonets hatched on the brightest night and were chosen to fulfill the mysterious Dragonet Prophecy and bring peace to all Pyrrhian dragons.
The Jade Mountain Prophecy
The Second Arc consists of five books: Moon Rising (December 30, 2014), Winter Turning (June 30, 2015), Escaping Peril (December 29, 2015), Talons of Power (December 27, 2016), and Darkness of Dragons (July 25, 2017).[6] The Second Arc of the story takes place six months after the First Arc event. After 18 years of war ended, the retired Dragonets of Destiny founded Jade Mountain Academy, an intertribal school that was established to welcome all seven dragon tribes and enlisted them into five winglets to emulate their coexistences. The Second Arc focused on five students of the Jade Winglet: Moonwatcher (or just Moon) the NightWing, Winter the IceWing, Kinkajou the RainWing (who also is a minor character in the First Arc and a supporting character for the second arc), Peril the SkyWing (additional main character for Book 1), Turtle the SeaWing, and Qibli the SandWing, who play their part in preventing an upcoming threat of Jade Mountains' destruction that might happen in the future, foretold by a new and cryptic prophecy known as the Jade Mountain Prophecy.
The Lost Continent Prophecy
The Third Arc consists of five books: The Lost Continent (June 26, 2018), The Hive Queen (December 26, 2018), The Poison Jungle (July 30, 2019), The Dangerous Gift (March 2, 2021), and The Flames of Hope (April 5, 2022).[7]. The Third Arc introduces Pantala, known as the Lost Continent by Pyrrhian dragons, which is located far west of Pyrrhia and none of the dragons from both continents are well aware of their existence since 5000 years ago. It is revealed that Pantala has been taken over by malevolent tyrant Queen Wasp, a HiveWing ruler with the ability to control her HiveWing tribes enabling her to rule for fifty years after she wiped out the LeafWings, destroying areas of trees, building structural hives, and persecuting SilkWings as second class citizens. The Third Arc focuses on four Pantalan dragons: Blue and his sister Luna (Two Silkwings with flame silk), Cricket the Hivewing, Sundew the Leafwing, and One Pyrrhian dragon: Snowfall the newly crowned Queen of Icewing who plays their part in uniting both continents to overthrow Wasp and destroy her mind control.
Supplementary works
Legends
A series of "special editions" called Wings of Fire: Legends[1] give context to significant historical events and figures that had an impact on the main series. Currently, there are only two Legends books, Darkstalker (June 28, 2016)[8] and Dragonslayer (March 3, 2020).[4]
Winglets
Wings of Fire: Winglets are a series of short stories that peer into the lives of minor characters based on their past and motivations. Each year, Four Winglets have been released. While these Winglets were originally only available as e-books, they have all since been published as print copies, including a complete Winglets collection of all 4: Prisoner (March 31, 2015), Assassin (September 29, 2015), Deserter (March 29, 2016), and Runaway (September 27, 2016).
Graphic novel adaptation
As of 2022, the entire first arc and one book of the second arc of the Wings of Fire novels have been adapted into graphic novels, illustrated by Mike Holmes.[9] Their names are The Dragonet Prophecy, The Lost Heir, The Hidden Kingdom, The Dark Secret, and The Brightest Night. The graphic novel version of the 6th book will come out on December 27, 2022, based on the 6th Wings of Fire novel, Moon Rising.[10] All of the plots are the same as the chapter books, but the details are slightly different from the chapter book (Example: the prologue for The Dragonet Prophecy graphic novel is different from the chapter book, but the main story and epilogue have the same plot).
Themes
Wings of Fire is written as an anti-war series, and the protagonists usually put an end to major conflicts (like wars, animosity, and unfairness between tribes) through pacifist means, while trying to keep as many dragons from dying as possible. While the books are written for children, they deal with heavy and dark subject matter like child abuse, murder, bigotry, violence, greed, oppression, and attempted genocide. The protagonists who play their point of view in each book series represent their perspectives of friendship, family, purpose, love, courage, sacrifice, hope, faith, empathy, and determination.
Canceled television series adaptation
An animated television series was in development with ARRAY and Warner Bros. Animation for Netflix,[11] starting in April of 2021. Ava DuVernay was to helm the project which included ten 40-minute episodes.[12] In May 2022, Netflix canceled the series.[13]
References
- ^ a b "Wings of Fire". kids.scholastic.com. Retrieved 2020-08-05.
- ^ "Editions of the Dragonet Prophecy by Tui T. Sutherland".
- ^ Cadden, Mary. "Colin Kaepernick scores first best seller on this week's USA TODAY book list". USA Today. Retrieved 23 April 2022.
- ^ a b "Dragonslayer". kids.scholastic.com. Retrieved 2020-08-05.
- ^ Sutherland, T. T. (n.d.). Wings of Fire Books. Retrieved October 14, 2022, from https://kids.scholastic.com/content/kids64/en/books/wings-of-fire/books.html#wof1
- ^ Sutherland, T. T. (n.d.). Wings of Fire Books. Retrieved October 14, 2022, from https://kids.scholastic.com/content/kids64/en/books/wings-of-fire/books.html#wof1
- ^ Sutherland, T. T. (n.d.). Wings of Fire Books. Retrieved October 14, 2022, from https://kids.scholastic.com/content/kids64/en/books/wings-of-fire/books.html#wof1
- ^ "Darkstalker". kids.scholastic.com. Retrieved 2020-08-05.
- ^ "All the Wings of Fire Graphic Novels Books in Order | Toppsta". toppsta.com. Retrieved 2022-04-12.
- ^ Sutherland, Tui T. (May 25, 2022). Wings of Fire: Moon Rising: A Graphic Novel (Wings of Fire Graphic Novel #6) (Wings of Fire Graphix). ISBN 978-1338730906.
- ^ Patten, Dominic (March 6, 2020). "Ava DuVernay & Warner Bros Animation Adapting 'Wings of Fire' Books For TV Series". Deadline. Retrieved March 6, 2020.
- ^ Goldberg, Lesley (2021-04-20). "Ava DuVernay Adapting 'Wings of Fire' as Animated Series for Netflix". The Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved 2021-08-14.
- ^ "Netflix Scraps Several Animated Projects, Including Ava DuVernay's 'Wings of Fire' and 'Antiracist Baby' (EXCLUSIVE)". Variety. May 17, 2022. Retrieved May 17, 2022.
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