The Dragon Prophecy
10 best books like The Dragon Prophecy (Dugald A. Steer): Urchin and the Heartstone, Potterwookiee, Black Dragon Codex, Corby Flood, Alien on a Rampage, The Tasters Guild, The Rat Brain Fiasco, The Princess of Trelian, Binky Takes Charge, Cheesie Mack Is Not a Genius or Anything
My heart is full.
In a certain way, this book might be my favorite of the series, even though it is the darkest. The sheer heart and courage of these characters make me catch my breath. These true heroes face their darkest moment, and they do not fail. I love the way M.I McAllister seamlessly picks...
| Author | Obert Skye |
| ISBN | 0805094512 |
Rob's closet from Wonkenstein is back, and this time it has disgorged a smelly combination of Harry Potter and Chewbacca, which Rob calls Hairy. Apparently, a chemistry set left too long in the closet bonded in a weird and mystical way with some books stored there, helped along by a heavy new closet door...
| Author | R.D. Henham |
| ISBN | 0786949724 |
What happens when an evil black dragon becomes your ally?
Snatched from the street by a young black dragon, Satia seems destined to end her life as a snack. But her position as a menu item quickly changes when her black dragon captor runs into two young red dragons and a wanna-be Dragonlord. In...
| Author | Paul Stewart |
| ISBN | 0385750900 |
The second magical, funny, and fabulously illustrated story in the Far Flung Adventures from the authors of Fergus Crane and the Edge Chronicles.
Corby Flood and her family are about to set sail on the rather ramshackle cruise ship, the S.S. Euphonia. Her boisterous brothers might not have noticed...
| Author | Clete Barrett Smith |
| ISBN | 1423134486 |
David is looking forward to spending another adventure-filled summer at his grandmother's Intergalactic Bed & Breakfast-a vacation hotspot for aliens. But as soon as he meets Grandma's new repairman, an alien named Scratchull, he becoms suspicious. The only problem is that it is difficult...
| Author | Susannah Appelbaum |
| ISBN | 0375851747 |
The Poisons of Caux, Book II
A macabre and funny fantasy trilogy
After the perilous adventure of The Hollow Bettle (Book I), the dark reign of the Nightshades is over at last, and a new day has arrived in Caux, a land long ruled by poison and deceit. The ancient Prophecy-the coming of a...
| Author | Julie Berry |
| ISBN | 0448453592 |
I won a copy of this book from Goodreads and I received it on a Wednesday. As it turned out that was the week that my 6 year old Zachary was student of the week at school. He was so excited that he brought the book to class and the teacher read from it for two days. I was not there, of course, but she said that the book...
Part of Michelle Knudsen's exciting fantasy trilogy -- in a luminous paperback edition
Meg will soon be named the princess-heir of Trelian, but her connection to her dragon, Jakl, is making her parents' subjects uneasy. Calen is about to receive his first true mage's mark, but the ceremony...
| Author | Ashley Spires |
| ISBN | 1554537681 |
A NetGalley first reads
The author of this review received an advance copy for an honest review
A clever story for children, "Binky Takes Charge," follows the continuing adventures of Binky the Space cat (though I haven't read the others and apparently you don't need to have read the...
Cheesie Mack Is Not a Genius or Anything
| Author | Steve Cotler |
| ISBN | 0375864377 |
Ronald "Cheesie" Mack is not a genius or anything, but he remembers everything that happened before, during, and after fifth-grade graduation, and he's written it all down in his own unique and hilarious way—with lots of lists, drawings, and splenderful (that's splendid plus wonderful!) made-up...
A new world means a world of trouble...
The Paragon Engine, a machine that can unlock portals to any dimension throughout the universe, is the most powerful and dangerous invention in Templar history-and the Grey Griffins have just been pulled through it. After they are transported through...
In the fifth book of an adventure-filled series, Erec Rex might still become king—but the closer he gets, the more dangerous his tasks become.
Given his romance brewing with Bethany, the discovery that his siblings are secretly king and queen of the Fairy world, and the knowledge that the...
The Last Newspaper Boy in America
| Author | Sue Corbett |
| ISBN | 0525422056 |
Wil David can't wait to take over his brother's paper route. For years it has been the tradition in his family to hand over the route to the next boy in line on his twelfth birthday, and Wil is just about to turn twelve and get his chance to put his sidearm throw into action. But when the newspaper company cancels...
| Author | Catherine Fisher |
| ISBN | 0803736762 |
The Relic Master/Book of the Crow series ends well, mainly because the arch-bad-guy gets quite a bit of on-stage time; a rarity in high fantasy. It's interesting to get a glimpse of his motivations and character. An alternative (eye-witness) version of events in the era of the Makers is presented - but...
