Genre:
Middle Grade, Adventure, Fantasy
Source: I purchased
a copy. The Opinions expressed here are my own.
Kandi J.
Wyatt is one of my favorite authors. There are many reasons for this. One she writes
books that my students want to read. I teach middle school and finding books
for this in-between group of teens is often difficult. Another reason she is
one of my favorites is because no matter what she writes, it is so realistic I
have to do some research. The premise of
this story is that four teens are searching for thundereggs on a beach when
they find a dragon’s egg. I immediately
had to look up thundereggs to see if they were real, and if so, what they were.
My husband and I spent thirty minutes researching thundereggs. We realized we
had actually seen these things at shows, but never knew they were called
thundereggs. I loved the trust
relationship Kandi built between the kids and their science teacher. Believe it
or not, a lot of students will trust their teachers with secrets than they
would their own parents. For me this was very true to life. I love the worlds Kandi creates with dragons.
She is one of the best when it comes to this subject matter. It makes everyone
who reads her books want their own dragon. In this story the kids have a dilemma.
They are trying to protect the dragon from those in higher positions. The interactions between the kids and the dragon,
and with each other develop throughout the story. There is something there that
every child who reads this will be able to relate to. Like all of her other books this is a great
beginning to a new series. I am looking forward to the second one which comes
out April 9th.
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