![]() ![]() ![]() Review of One Day and One Amazing Morning on Orang.Review of The Great Wall of Lucy Wu by Wendy Wan-L.Review of Blink & Caution by Tim Wynne-Jones The Star Maker Laurence Yep, Harper, 15.99 (112p) ISBN 978-0-06-025315-8 Drawing from his rich cache of childhood memories, Yep (The Dragons Child) offers an affectionate celebration of. ![]() Readers who enjoyed the first book will be eager to read more about Scirye’s adventures. See all books authored by Laurence Yep, including Lady of Chiao Kuo: Warrior of the South, Southern China, A.D. The prose and dialogue feel clumsy and inert at times, but this is countered by the colorful alternate-history setting in which ancient peoples such as the Sogdians and Kushans are still around and thriving. In 2005 the American Librarian Association awarded Yep the Laura Ingalls Wilder Medal, notably for Dragonwings, The Rainbow People, The Khan's. He is best known for the 10-book Golden Mountain Chronicles Dragonwings and Dragon's Gate were both Newbery Honor books. The adventures are nonstop and the magical creatures and gods are intriguing, though there is little character development beyond the continual bantering and quarreling in which Scirye’s companions engage. 1 - The Serpents Children (Apr-1984) 2 - Mountain Light (Sep-1985) 3 - Dragons Gate (Nov-1993) 4 - The Traitor (Mar-2003) 5 - Dragonwings (Apr-1977) 6 -. Laurence Yep is a prolific Chinese-American author of children's books. The eccentric characters from the first book are all here, from the orphan Leech and his smart-mouthed badger friend, Koko, to the brave dragon, Bayang, and they are joined by spunky young Roxanna and her ifrit servant. After a perilous journey, the friends join forces with Lord Resak, a powerful Arctic spirit that manifests itself as a giant polar bear, to repel an attack by Roland’s fighters. Roland and Badik the dragon across the Arctic their quest is to prevent Roland from finding a magical treasure that will give him terrifying powers. Gr 5-8 –In this sequel to City of Fire (Tom Doherty Assoc/Starscape, 2009), Scirye and her companions have left Hawaii and are pursuing their enemies Mr. The Serpents Children, set in 1849 (1984) Mountain Light, 1855 (1985) Dragons Gate, 1867 (1993) The Traitor, 1885 (2003) Dragonwings, 1903 (1975) Dragon. I wrote this review for the June 2011 issue of School Library Journal. ![]()
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