The Dragonology Chronicles Volume 1: The Dragon's Eye
by Dugald A. Steer
Published By Candlewick (2006)
Reading Level: Ages 9-12 years
Pages: 221
Genre: Fantasy
Summary: Daniel and Beatrice Cook have to spend the summer with Dr. Earnest Drake. Daniel sees a dragon and gets curious and sees things he shouldn't. Dr. Drake waits to teach him about Dragons. After a while three more students join the dragon school. They have to keep journals about when they see dragons, where, what they look like and what they eat, and every thing they learn. They study the three dragons on Dr. Drake's property, one of them, a scorcher, randomly showed up on Dr. Drake's steps and was sick. When they study that dragon Daniel is hypnotized and has to do do math for a long time. A man named Ignatius is trying to find artifacts that would give them power over dragons and he steals Dr. Drakes journal. Dr. Drake and the Cook children race to the dragon Scramasax to warn her and stop Ignatius from finding out the secret of the dragon eye. Ignatius is stopped, and Scramasax give Drake a riddle to help him figure out where the dragon eye is located. The riddle is stolen and so Drake and the children have race to the location. They make it there first and find the old dragon but Drake comes and kills that dragon and tries to steal the the dragon eye. Drake stops him and before the old dragon dies burns Drake's image on the dragon eye, which makes Dr.Drake the new Dragon Master. Dr. Drake becomes a full time tutor for the Cook children.
My Reaction: The book wasn't earth-shatteringly good, but I had a hard time putting it down. I am curious about this world of dragons, I want to read the other books.
Potential Problems: Dragons
Recommendations: I would recommend this book to all fantasy lovers. I think I would recommend this book to kids around fourth grade.
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