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51st out of 124 books
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171 voters
Dragon Steel (Dragon #2)
by
Laurence Yep
Returning to her underwater dragon kingdom expecting to be rewarded for capturing an enchantress, Shimmer and young Thorn instead must continue their quest to restore the dragon princess' s clan to its ancestral home. A tale of dungeons, sea monsters, and magicians, this sequel to Dragon of the Lost Sea "will lure even more readers to Yep's] legion of followers." -- V. "Th...more
Paperback, 288 pages
Published
October 20th 1993
by HarperCollins
(first published 1985)
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I wish so much I'd known Dragon of the Lost Sea had sequels when I was a kid and it was my OMG FAVORITEST BOOK IN THE WHOLE WHOLE WORLD. I would have loved this so much back then. As it is, I enjoyed it, but... Well, it's written for a younger set than what I usually prefer to read. I worry I'm under-rating it - maybe my perspective is just skewed - but I thought the prose was a bit clunky and the friendship themes a little too on the hammer-to-the-head side. (Plus, I'm glad Shimmer's so loyal t...more
It took me a while to get to these (Dragon Steel, Dragon Cauldron, and Dragon War) after reading Dragon of the Lost Sea, because I wanted to collect all three of the remaining books before reading them.
Anyway, these continue the story of the dragon princess Shimmer and her human companion Thorn in their quest to restore Shimmer's lost ocean home. When Shimmer returns to the dragon High King for help, she discovers that her entire clan have been enslaved by him, and now she must save them all in...more
Anyway, these continue the story of the dragon princess Shimmer and her human companion Thorn in their quest to restore Shimmer's lost ocean home. When Shimmer returns to the dragon High King for help, she discovers that her entire clan have been enslaved by him, and now she must save them all in...more
A childhood favorite. Probably not the best YA fantasy out there, and of limited entertainment to an adult, but wonderful for a grade-school student. The series improves as it goes along, particularly in the latter two books, which are narrated by the irrepressible Monkey (a trickster character borrowed from Buddhist mythology).
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- Geoffrey Cubbage
http://misanthropology101.wordpress.com/
The first part started out a little slow, but then picked up really fast in terms of character development. I went from being ok with the series to really liking it. I wonder what will happen next.
This whole series was one of my pre-teen 'I don't what to read so I'll just read this again' fallbacks. I can still see the imagery of certain scenes. Great series!
Wow! This was tremendous - definitely would be better to read this series in order, but I'm not complaining. This book was wonderful; deepening Monkey's character, and introducing Indigo. Very good commentary on friendship, courage, loyalty, love, importance of dreams and hope...
I actually own the hardcover.
By far my favorite Yep book.
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Born June 14, 1948 in San Francisco, California, Yep was the son of Thomas Gim Yep and Franche Lee Yep. Franche Lee, her family's youngest child, was born in Ohio and raised in West Virginia where her family owned a Chinese laundry. Yep's father, Thomas, was born in China and came to America at the age of ten where he lived, not in Chinatown, but with an Irish friend in a white neighborhood. After...more
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