false http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1173655943m/312043.jpg 312043 5 When David moves in with Liz and Lucy, he discovers a collection of hand crafted, clay dragons that comes to life and has magical powers. David's personalized dragon, Gadzooks, can forecast the future, and inspires him to write a story which reveals the truth behind an unsolved mystery close to home. The story has an unhappy ending, and when David realizes the consequences of it he is angry. Then David finds Gadzooks crying and near death, and he discovers that these special dragons die when they are not loved. Soon David is forced to save his friend and unlock the powers of the fire within. 302958 2001 The Fire Within (The Last Dragon Chronicles, #1) total:1282|5:514|4:360|3:276|2:101|1:31| 1282 5071 1686 219 1 4 false false Mon Aug 04 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Thu Aug 14 08:09:08 -0700 2008 Thu Aug 14 08:28:14 -0700 2008 more...]]> 2 1 false false Wed Sep 03 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Thu Sep 11 15:05:16 -0700 2008 Thu Sep 11 15:26:48 -0700 2008 1 more...]]> 4 0 false false Thu Jun 11 17:05:08 -0700 2009 Thu Jun 11 17:05:36 -0700 2009 more...]]> 5 1 false false Thu Nov 01 00:00:00 -0700 2007 Wed Dec 05 08:19:58 -0800 2007 Wed Dec 05 08:26:36 -0800 2007
When David moves in with Elizabeth Pennykettle and her eleven-year-old daughter, Lucy, he discovers a collection of clay dragons that come to life. David's own special dragon inspires him to wrote a story, which reveals the secrets behind ...more...]]> 5 0 false false Fri Aug 28 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Fri Sep 11 09:11:44 -0700 2009 Mon Sep 14 16:35:14 -0700 2009 In this book, David Rain, a college geography student, comes to Scrubbley. He finds housing at number 42 Wayward Crescent, a house with several strange characters. Liz, the sensible mom. Lucy, the daughter, who is obsessed with gray squirrels. Bonnington the cat. two squirrels, conker who has a hurt...

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I didn't know what to expect (dragons aren't really my thing), but I ...more...]]> 4 1 false false Sat Nov 01 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Mon Nov 10 17:49:20 -0800 2008 Mon Nov 10 17:53:06 -0800 2008 1 5 0 false true Tue Dec 25 00:00:00 -0800 2007 Tue Nov 11 17:08:10 -0800 2008 Fri Nov 14 15:18:38 -0800 2008 1 This book is about a 20 year old named David Rain. He is the new tenant in the Pennykettle's house. He thinks Lucy and her mother, Liz, Have a secret to keep... But what?...more...]]> 3 0 false false Mon Nov 10 09:54:07 -0800 2008 Wed Nov 19 16:31:27 -0800 2008 The first think i like is the characters. The characters are very deep and they each have their own story behi...more...]]> 3 0 false false Sun Jul 20 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Tue Oct 21 15:01:15 -0700 2008 Thu Oct 23 19:46:09 -0700 2008 1 By: Chris D’Lacey

The Fire Within is about a set of clay dragons that were hand crafted by Liz Pennykettle. Liz takes David Rain in as a tenant, when David gets his own dragon named Gazooks, a writing dragon, David writes a children’s book about two best friend ...more...]]> 1 0 false false Thu Oct 11 00:00:00 -0700 2007 Mon Jun 16 19:02:51 -0700 2008 Tue Jul 01 16:17:24 -0700 2008 I recently read the book The Fire Within. This was a very interesting and unique novel. In my opinion I think that The Fire Within was not an exceptional book but fairly good for children. I would rate this book a 1 out of 5.
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1.) Are the dragons in the story real or not?
2.) Do you think there is more to Liz and Lucy than “meets the eye?”
3.) The character of David is admittedly a self-portrait of the author, Chris D’Lacey—is this important?
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