By Scarlett Thomas (author)
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In a nutshell: ideas-rich fantasy adventure | ideal for book-loving youngsters |
Dragon’s Green is the kind of dazzling fantasy adventure that leads readers effortlessly back and forth between different worlds, throwing up mysteries and challenges for the protagonists at every turn. Scarlett Thomas is completely at ease with the format, holding the plot strands together with an elegant confidence and charm.
Effie Truelove is at the centre of a magical mystery involving her family, a secret world and an unpredictable, highly dangerous enemy. In the course of the adventure she dines with a dragon, learns more about her own magical abilities, and makes some good friends. Her story is just the kind of thing that many young readers love and it makes for an excellent bedtime reading with more than enough to intrigue adults too.
This is a book to recommend to readers of Cornelia Funke . ~ Andrea Reece
IF YOU HAD SECRET MAGICAL
KNOW?After the Worldquake, Effie knows about magic - time in her grandfather's library has made sure of that. But there's still much she has to learn. About the Otherworld.
And about the Diberi, a secret organisation with plans to destroy the entire universe. Effie and her school-friends are the only ones who can stop them . . . and time is running out.
The most exciting debut in children's fiction since Harry Potter. Immersive, engaging, original delightful in its details (a bun shop that serves as a portal to Otherworld a library of Last Editions a Princess School in which girls are trained to be appealing to dragons) playful, warm and yet thrilling, too -- Joanne Harris
A magical adventure that fizzes and crackles with enchantment. I was absolutely bedazzled -- Hilary McKay
An enthralling tale, set in a sprawling world that swallowed me whole -- Kiran Millwood Hargrave, author of The Girl of Ink & Stars
Gorgeous and funny - and a lovely celebration of the magic of books! -- Helen Falconer, author of The Changeling
Praise for other books by Scarlett Thomas:
Ingenious and original... A cracking good yarn fizzing with intelligence -- Philip Pullman
Entrancing ... one of the sharpest fantasies I've encountered -- Neil Gaiman
Scarlett Thomas has always loved stories, magic and mysterious places. She tried (and failed) to write her first novel when she was six. Since then she has successfully written lots of novels, but this is her first one for children. She lives near the sea in an old house full of books, and is a professor in the English department of the University of Kent. Dragon's Green is the first volume in the Worldquake Sequence.
Read a Q&A with Scarlett Thomas about her love of fantasy adventure books and her debut novel, Dragon's Green.
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IF YOU HAD SECRET MAGICAL POWERS, HOW WOULD YOU KNOW?After the Worldquake, Effie knows about magic - time in her grandfather's library has made sure of that. But there's still much she has to learn.
The LoveReading4Kids Editorial Team have read and reviewed Dragon's Green and determined it is suitable for children aged 9-12 years old
Dragon's Green features in the following genres: Featured Books for 9+ readers, Recommendations, Recommended Children's eBooks, Featured Books for 11+ readers
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Dragon's Green was written by Scarlett Thomas and published by Canongate Books
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