There might be something wrong with it if it was poorly written, mind you. We're talking princesses, dragons, magic, and bad guys. Is this a psychedelic groundbreaking fantasy that redefines the very heart of the genre itself? No, of course not. Now evil forces are conspiring to start a new war and kill Meg's sister and it's up to her, Calen, and the dragon Jakl (who, I should note, can't even breathe fire yet) to discover what they are capable of and how to save everyone they know and love. Unbeknownst to everyone, she has inadvertently raised and bonded with a baby dragon. well Meg has a pretty big secret she's been hiding. He's dealing with a master who doesn't think he has any talent and she. Since Calen's mage works for Meg's parents, this could be problematic, but instead the two kids strike up an instant friendship. I mean, here he is, just an apprentice mage trying to spy on the incoming royal wedding party, and he gets caught by none other than the princess Meg. If they're fantasy lovers, of course.Ĭalen is in trouble. And with its equal opportunity boy and girl perspective, The Dragon of Trelian is the kind of book that's going to appeal to all kids, at all ages, at all times. Sometimes a kid just wants a good dragon book.
Now I've read it, and I have to admit that it's a tasty treat. Big and scaly and more than a little green. I mean, if I was looking for dragons, there's one right there. It's funny that it took me so long to pick up The Dragon of Trelian though. And dragons? At most I'd say there are maybe five or six dragon-based chapter books out this year of varying quality. Boys who can melt people with their hands. These days fantasy keeps coming out, but it's strange. In the heyday of Harry Potter you couldn't spit over your left shoulder without hitting some new wizardy/magicish wonder romp of fun and frolic. You're going to laugh when you hear me say this, but I'm just going to come out and ask anyway: Where did all the fantasy go? I know that in this day and age of vampires, zombies, and zombie vampires (subgenre) that sounds weird, but when it comes to fantasy for the kids, not teens, it isn't like it used to be.
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