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The novel “Firewing” by Kenneth Oppel is a good book for anyone aged between 8 and 88 because it contains a topic anyone can easily pick up. The main message is to be selfless and not question it and betray/bail on the person you are volunteering to help. The story started with Griffin & Luna beating their wings to stay airborne, they see a cave a cave they were told not to go into. Luna desperately begs Griffin to go in, he tries to tell her but she goes off anyway he follows her to make sure she is okay.

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