This book buys it from starting at a comic book shop that much, go is mostly my sister:-). Some would be highly controversial, so I've opted to choose the easiest review momentarily. Ladies and gentlemen you know I have lot of overdue review. Now I'm dying to read it-and will tell everyone I recommend it because it got my reluctant fiction reader to fall in love with a whole series! The things he says he loves about it are: We have also ordered the third book (Dragon Moon). When he finished, he begged me to get the first book (this one) and is reading it now, and loves it as much as the second book. Stayed up late at night reading (yep, he can, we homeschool) and raved and raved about it.
#Dragon keeper series#
He actually ended up choosing the second book in the series (Garden of the Purple Dragon), not realizing it was a series. "Too thick, chapters are too long, words (font) are too tiny." But I told him he needed to pick SOMETHING fiction and TRY to read it. A three inch thick reference book about sea animals will occupy him for hours, but a novel will get scrutiny and a turned up nose. He is normally one who reads only for information. He actually ended up choosing the second book in the series (Garden of the Pur I'm writing this on behalf of my 11 yr old son. I'm writing this on behalf of my 11 yr old son. Everyone should read it, whether you're 10-years-old, or 50.more I can't put into words how beautiful this novel is. However, Wilkinson made me forget how much I disliked dragon fantasy. Normally, I'd turn up my nose and sniff at such a plot. Wilkinson does this in such a way that reading and understanding Ping is as easy as breathing.įinally, the fact that her novel is about dragons. You need to dumb down vocabulary and simplify internal monologues. A child protagonist is always challenging, no matter whether it's a children's or an adult novel. This would have meant months of research to adequately portray the world into which the reader is thrust. Not only is she setting her novel in China, but also in Ancient China. There are a few reasons why I admire Wilkinson so greatly:įirstly, the setting of the novel is a challenge in itself. The book is stunningly written and refreshingly different. A child protagonist is always chall I read this book as a child and it moved me in a way that I'm unable to forget. There are a few reasons why I admire Wilkinson so greatly: Firstly, the setting of the novel is a challenge in itself. I read this book as a child and it moved me in a way that I'm unable to forget. She is now the one, true Dragon Keeper.more No longer can she be the timid, shy orphan she once was. To succeed in her task, the young orphan must reach deep within herself to find courage she never knew existed. Each must learn to help and understand the other if they are to survive. Chased by an evil dragon hunter and a powerful sorcerer, their adventure is not easy. The young orphan soon discovers that it is her destiny to protect the aging dragon and his mysterious purple stone. A nameless orphan with no past and an uncertain future becomes his unlikely ally. Chased by an evil dragon hunter and a powerful sorc In the time of the Han Dynasty in ancient China, the last remaining dragon is in danger of being killed by the cruel Emperor. In the time of the Han Dynasty in ancient China, the last remaining dragon is in danger of being killed by the cruel Emperor.
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