The Dragonling (Dragonling, #1) by Jackie French Koller, 70
pages. CHAPTER BOOK Aladdin, 1990. $17
9781534400627
BUYING
ADVISORY: EL – OPTIONAL
AUDIENCE APPEAL: LOW
Darek lives in a
community that raises their boys to hunt dragons and the ultimate honor is to
kill a dragon. When Darek’s brother,
Clep, comes home with a dead dragon, Darek can’t wait until it’s his turn. Until Darek finds the dragon’s baby
dragonling. Darek’s heart goes out to
the little dragonling, whom he names Zantor.
Darek goes on a secret quest to return Zantor to a group of dragons and
finds the truth about dragons’ role in his world.
This book feels like the ultimate bait and
switch because the cover is cartoon-ish and young looking, but the inside illustrations
are older and the story has an older feel.
My 8yo son was disappointed immediately, but we persevered and
the story was actually quite enjoyable.
The ending was a bit disappointing, because Darek’s mom saves the day
and up until the end she hadn’t really played a part in the story.
C. Peterson
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