The Dragonling: A Dragon in the Family (Dragonling, #2) by Jackie French Koller, 71
pages. CHAPTER BOOK Aladdin, 1993. $17.
9781534400658
BUYING ADVISORY: EL
– OPTIONAL
AUDIENCE APPEAL: LOW
The village Darek lives in is having a hard
time adjusting to Darek’s dragon, Zantor.
Although Darek is trying to show the village that dragons don’t mean
them harm, the village council isn’t on board and the kids Darek’s age have
started to tease him and Zantor. When
some of the boys make an untrue claim about Zantor attacking them, Darek’s
father is brought before the council and has to answer for his son and Zantor.
Again, the cover doesn’t properly represent
the book because the cover looks cartoon-ish and the book is more serious. As much as I think kids will pick these books
up for their covers, I don’t think they will keep reading once they see the
bland inside illustrations. This story
was good, but the ending was abrupt and not satisfying. After reading the first book with my son, he
wasn’t interested in reading any more about Darek and Zantor.
C. Peterson
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