Duke Yan makes a treaty with the northern barbarians known as the Xiong Nu and they team up and fight the imperial guards away. Liu Che, is invading Beibai palace because he knows that Ping and Kai are hiding there. With only cryptic clues left behind from Kai's father Long Danzi. This third and unbelievably awesome sequel to Dragon Keeper starts off with Ping and Kai temporarily lodging at Beibai palace, home to Princess Yangxin and her husband the Duke of Yan.ĭetermined not to become too lethargic Ping and Kai decide not to prolong their comfortable stay and leave, on their epic quest to find a safe place for Kai to live out his years in peace away from humans. I would definitely recommend this book to anyone who needs a little motivation and confidence. I know before I read this book I would give up or not even try something outside of my comfort zone, but through the main character and words of her wise friend it motivated me to do something great in life. This book taught me some things about taking on new challenges in life. In most cases, if one were to put themselves in the shoes of the main character, they would most likely throw in the towel after the first event. It captured the essence of adventure as well as perseverance. I thought this book was quite interesting. With twists and turns of the story, it is only sad to know that not everything good in life lasts forever. Not only learning that the person who helped them escape from a life or death situation, their savior soon becomes the traitor and hands their butts to the one who was after them from the very beginning. Soon after escaping neck deep in a situation, this one last sequel brings chills up and down the spine. Overall an interesting read, but not the best in the series. Read this if you have read the rest of the series, it certainly draws many plot points into a neat little bundle, yet I thought it was missing some of the previous "flair" that the other books contained. But perhaps that isn't the end, I'd hope so, the writer certainly has talent and I love her work and I would be looking forward to reading any more books by her based around this time. It's hard to explain but I felt the ending just didn't do the rest of the series justice as they were spectacular and I was recomending them to all my friends and family, just the ending left me, well sort of dissapointed I guess. I absoloutelty loved the previous books and I felt that the series was going somewhere exicting and I was hoping that the ending was going to be a little more - well (dare I say it?) dramatic than this. The Dragon Companion: An Encyclopedia, illus.I can't say I "really-liked" this one, how I wanted to, so badly yet it did not seem to live up to the same level as the previous books.Black Snake: The Daring of Ned Kelly (2002).Bronze Bird Tower (2017) – "The final part.There is also a prequel to Dragonkeeper, a book called Dragon Dawn, about Danzi's adventures before he was put in Huangling Mountain. The first sequel to Dragonkeeper was published in September 2005, Garden of the Purple Dragon. The book secured US Publication and the US version of the book was published in April 2005! It was published in the UK on 30 April 2005. 2006 Kalbacher Klapperschlange (German Children's Choice Award)ĭragonkeeper was also shortlisted for the New South Wales Premier's Literary Awards (2004) for the Patricia Wrightson Prize for Children's Books.2004 Queensland Premier's Literary Award (Best Children's Book).2004 Children's Book Council of Australia Book of the Year Award (Young Readers).Set in Han dynasty China, the story describes the adventures of Ping and an ageing dragon. Wilkinson's daughter Lili Wilkinson also writes for young adults.ĭragonkeeper was published in 2003 by Black Dog Books. Classes Year 5 Red, Yr 5 Gold and Year 5 Blue were reading the books as well. In 2011 Carole went to St Ignatius College, Adelaide. She has also written episodes for children's television production. Since that time she has gone on to write numerous books for educational and trade publishers in Australia. This sample led to a commission to write her first novel for teenagers. During her time at University she showed some of her writing to a friend who worked in the publishing industry. To help achieve her goal she studied at a tertiary level. She worked as a laboratory assistant until the age of 40, when she decided on a change of career. The family emigrated to Australia when she was 12 in 1963. Children's Book of the Year Award: Younger Readers (2008)Ĭarole Wilkinson (born 1950) is an Australian writer, best known for Dragonkeeper (2003).
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