Rise of the Dragons, Book 1Written by Angie SageNarrated by Lauren IrwinBook published by Scholastic Inc.Audiobook published by Scholastic AudioMega bestselling author Angie Sage takes flight with an epic adventure that imagines dragons in the modern world.Once our world was full of dragons who lived in harmony with humans. Dragons counseled kings and queens. They fought in human battles. And they gave humans the most precious gift of all: magic.But after a group of rogue dragons, the Raptors, tried to take over Earth, all dragons were banished to another realm.Most humans forgot about the dragons, claiming they never existed. Eleven-year-old Sirin knows the truth -- she grew up with stories passed down through the generations. However, when her mother falls ill, even Sirin has trouble believing in magic . . . until she sees a mysterious streak of silver in the night sky.Sirin becomes the first child to 'lock' with a dragon in centuries -- forming a deep friendship unlike anything she's ever imagined. But Sirin learns that not all dragons returned with good intentions, and soon she finds herself at the center of a battle between the dragons who want to protect the humans . . . and those who want to destroy them.Digital Download Retail ISBN: 978-1-338-33100-4Digital Download Library ISBN: 978-1-338-33104-2
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Mega bestselling author Angie Sage takes flight with an epic adventure that imagines dragons in the modern world. Includes 9 collectible game cards that unlock an online game! The first in a thrilling multi-author series.Comes with 9 collectible game cards that allow YOU to join the dragon battle!Once our world was full of dragons who lived in harmony with humans. But Mega bestselling author Angie Sage takes flight with an epic adventure that imagines dragons in the modern world. Includes 9 collectible game cards that unlock an online game!
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The first in a thrilling multi-author series.Comes with 9 collectible game cards that allow YOU to join the dragon battle!Once our world was full of dragons who lived in harmony with humans. But after a group of rogue dragons, the Raptors, tried to take over Earth, all dragons were banished to another realm.Most humans forgot about the dragons, claiming they never existed. Eleven-year-old Sirin knows the truth — she grew up with stories passed down through the generations. However, when her mother falls ill, even Sirin has trouble believing in magic. Until she sees a mysterious streak of silver in the night sky.Sirin becomes the first child to 'lock' with a dragon in centuries — forming a deep friendship unlike anything she's ever imagined. But Sirin learns that not all dragons returned with good intentions, and soon she finds herself at the center of a battle between the dragons who want to protect the humans.
And those who want to destroy them. I am sad to say that this was not one of my favorite new middle grade books. It was something I had high hopes for and it just fell short.I will say this: the world is pretty cool. It's a fun new adventure with dragons and inter-dimensional travel.
Ilomilo presents puzzles where the player will have to use a great deal of three dimensional thinking to succeed. Ilomilo meaning. The two friends always seem to get separated from each other in the surrealistic and ever changing world they inhabit. Ilomilo is a puzzle game where the player controls two friends named ilo and milo.
However, the way this book was executed was sloppy, confusing and hard to follow.There were two stories 1) a young girl from our world who is slowly losing her mother to an unknown illness and 2) kids from another world, with dragons and magic. It was I am sad to say that this was not one of my favorite new middle grade books.
It was something I had high hopes for and it just fell short.I will say this: the world is pretty cool. It's a fun new adventure with dragons and inter-dimensional travel. However, the way this book was executed was sloppy, confusing and hard to follow.There were two stories 1) a young girl from our world who is slowly losing her mother to an unknown illness and 2) kids from another world, with dragons and magic. It was billed as a book where the dragons are coming back to our world but spoilers: they literally don't come back to our world until the last chapter. The whole plotline you thought you were reading (as described by the back of the book) is a lie and doesn't happened until the end. And I mean the very, very, very end.
So it was as if this whole book was a precursor for the real series. Needless to say, that was wildly disappointing.Additionally, these characters were terrible. I understand that they are literal children however they were dumb and wishy-washy and not at all likeable. I found them irritating and not heroes I would want children emulating or looking up to. Nor would I think they were characters worthy of critique and examination, something to teach from which to teach kids.
Nope, just annoying.Finally, the formatting of this book was nothing I have read before, and not in a good way. It jumped perspectives like a skiddish rabbit and was hard for a grown adult to follow what was going on. I'm not kidding. In one paragraph, there were at least 3 different perspectives it switched to.
There were no chapter breaks or formatting clues like different fonts or anything like that. Just sudden and jerky switches from whose perspective was whose. And it didn't help that probably a third of those perspectives were dragons and that was weird.This is not a book I would recommend to middle readers.
There are other cool dragon books out there like WINGS OF FIRE. I was hoping this would be something more but unfortunately, it fell short.Conclusion: Donate the ARC. I adored The Magyk series by Angie Sage and it remains a perennial favourite with our librarys young readers, and so I jumped at the chance to read and review the first book in her newest fantasy series, Rise of the Dragons. With the promise of game cards and a matching online game, Rise of the Dragons promised to be an exciting release.
The new world Sage has created and her daring plot of intrigue, dragon battles and family bonds is both thrilling and thoroughly enjoyable. It is sure to be a I adored The Magyk series by Angie Sage and it remains a perennial favourite with our library’s young readers, and so I jumped at the chance to read and review the first book in her newest fantasy series, Rise of the Dragons.
With the promise of game cards and a matching o.