The Isle of Mists

The Secrets of Droon #22

by Tony Abbott

FOR USE IN SCHOOLS AND LIBRARIES ONLY. Evil Lord Sparr has collected all Three Powers, something he has been trying to do since the very first DROON adventure. Armed with the Coiled Viper, the Red Eye of Dawn, and the Golden Wasp, Sparr is ready to journey to the Isle of Mists. The Isle of Mi

Genres: Fantasy, Childrens, Adventure, Middle Grade, Fiction, Chapter Books, Juvenile

128 pages, Paperback

First published January 1, 2004

About the author

Tony Abbott (born 1952) is an American author of children's books. His most popular work is the book series The Secrets of Droon, which includes over 40 books. He has sold over 12 million copies of his books and they have been translated into several other languages, including Italian, Spanish, Korean, French, Japanese, Polish, Turkish, and Russian. He has also written the bestseller Firegirl.

Abbott was born in Cleveland, Ohio, in 1952. His father was a university professor and had an extensive library of books which became one of Abbott's first sources of literature. When he was eight years old, his family moved to Connecticut where he went through elementary school and high school.

Abbott attended the University of Connecticut, and after studying both music and psychology, decided to study English and graduated from the University of Connecticut with a bachelor's degree in English literature. He attended the workshops of Patricia Reilly Giff to further develop his writing after college.

Abbott currently lives in Trumbull, Connecticut, with his wife, two daughters, and two dogs. Tony had one brother and two sisters.

Reviews

[Anna · Rating 5 out of 5]

This is when I kinda wish that Gifs were allowed on here as a reaction because MIC DROP! No spoilers...but like...my ABSOLUTE favorite section of the series has just begun. THIS IS THE BEST!

[Kryssy · Rating 4 out of 5]

A lot of important points for the beginning of the end of the series were covered here, but i don’t think it was done well. I was bored most of book which is probably why it took me longer than the last couple

- Salamandra came to the upper world to warn of things happening in droon
- The royal family got attacked by a mist and became younger
- Sparr’s dog is seeking out the dragon ship
- Orkin helper
- Sparr has all 3 artifacts and steals the ship. Heading to the isle of mists to get Ko?
- Sparr needs the other eye for the viper. Nelag has it
- The viper reverses aging
- Ko didn’t actually die. Just hibernating?
- The viper can go to the past and bring it to the present
- Eric went back in time to when the ninns were still orkins
- The entire island is a serpent that woke up
- Sparr wants to go with the gang because he is afraid of ko’s plan
- Eric took a bird that spoke back to him???

[Robert · Rating 4 out of 5]

As far as young readers go I have seen my son buy and read every book of this series as they came out, He liked them and I am just reading them all now. This is a good read, but I do often wonder if the heroes of the story will ever actually stop the villian from accomplishing his goals ever? My son says just keep reading, and so I shall.

[Maximilian Lee · Rating 3 out of 5]

I guess this was a good book. Sparr collects all of his creations to go to the isle of mists to summon Ko. Ko is the most powerful bad guy ever. And in the process Sparr gets turned into a very young version of himself...

[Katrin Li · Rating 3 out of 5]

Lugu tundus põnev ning lapsele kindlasti kaasahaarav. Inglise keeles lugedes aga tundus minu jaoks liiga vähe kirjeldust. Kuna tihti oli väheste sõnadega edasi antud palju, siis mitmelgi korral ei saanud aru, kuidas nüüd siia sattusime.

[Aiyana · Rating 5 out of 5]

The was the first book I not only read but also entered. I seeped deep into the fibers of the pages. This is one of the books that made me a reader. Well, not just a reader, but more importantly, a weirdo.

[Tara · Rating 4 out of 5]

I love how this series continues to surprise me. You never know what’s going to happen. I love the characters and the plots.

[Naaman]

June 21

[Maya · Rating 3 out of 5]

Decided to re-read all 44 books for nostalgia's sake but decided not to count them all for the reading challenge. Halfway through the series so added one more :P

[Jessica · Rating 4 out of 5]

This one was really something with a surprise ending. The friends try to stop Lord Sparr from awakening the evil Ko from his hundreds of years of sleep.

[Amanda · Rating 5 out of 5]

WOW. This book did not go the way I was expecting at all! Love when a book surprises me and this one definitely did. I can’t wait to read the next one to see what happens next.

[Mintara Lystria · Rating 5 out of 5]

Oooh things are turning somewhere

[Harold Ogle · Rating 3 out of 5]

Another quick trip into the magical land of Droon. When we last left off, Sparr had finally regained all three of his Powers: the Red Eye of Dawn, the Coiled Viper, and the wasp thingy. The kids had returned to Earth quite agitated. As this book begins, they still are agitated...so disturbed that their magic powers are manifesting unconsciously. Eric and Julie are hiding out - playing hooky - the last few minutes of school, so that they won't give themselves away by shooting magic bolts or flying inadvertently. Neal finds them and points out that Salamandra is flying (if you can call the crazy, almost undirected careening flying) the Dragon Boat toward them. They race up to the roof of the school, Julie flying the three of them up to confront the thorn witch. She predicts a terrible danger to Droon and coyly suggests that they should all stay away, because it would be too dangerous!

So the kids race back to Eric's house and re-enter Droon as soon as they can.
The warning from the time-traveling thorn witch was a ruse, of course. She sought them through all of time, to make sure to deliver the message that would be guaranteed to draw them back to Droon. She needed to do that because she knew that they were the only hope Droon had of defeating Lord Sparr.

Anyhow...they arrive in Jaffa City to find that Salamandra has just been there, having stolen the mast and sail of the Dragon Boat. Princess Keeah has been turned back into herself when she was a toddler, and they narrowly rescue her from falling to her death. We find that others have also been mysteriously turned young again, and only a spell scroll left by Galen before he disappeared is able to reverse the process. Kem, Sparr's two-headed lapdog, appears and begins to track the scent of the Dragon Boat. The heroes follow Kem on pilkaback. They find an ancient Orkin city (the description sounds so much like Smurf Village even before you consider that the Orkins are bright blue happy creatures). Kem waits and the heroes observe. While they wait, they meet one of the last Orkins, a simple-minded blue guy named Djambo, who quickly joins the group. A time portal opens, Salamandra flies through, and Sparr, stepping out into the open, blasts her, takes the Dragon Boat, and sends his Golden Wasp to get the thorn witch. Djambo shows them how to stow aboard the Dragon Boat as it leaves and they ride it into the desert where Nelag is trying to hide the last part of the Coiled Viper. He fails, using a 400-year-old firework to try to stop Sparr. Sparr zaps at them and leaves them in the desert once he has the eye of the Viper. Then he flies off to find the Isle of Mists, last resting place of the evil emperor of beasts (and Sparr's master), Ko. The kids use another macguffin to pursue Sparr - this time riding giant firework rockets (why they worked and the one used to attack Sparr didn't...?). Sparr summons a storm which extinguishes the rockets, and the kids fall to the ground again, this time deep in a jungle. Giant carrion birds appear to make sure that the kids are dead, but a giant leaf drops over them and shields them from view. They then invert the leaf, put it into the water, and use it as a raft to go down the river, navigating both rapids and a giant waterfall before crossing the ocean to find the Isle of Mists just behind Sparr. Salamandra appears just as Sparr is using the Coiled Viper to wind the island back in time to before Ko's defeat. But winding time backward 400 years makes the firework in his robes active again, and it explodes, taking Sparr out of the action. But Ko awakens and begins to summon his beast army. King Zello and Queen Relna appear with an army and the battle is joined. Eventually Ko takes his army and retreats, and the good guys have to flee as well, as the whole island is the back of a giant sea serpent, which has also awakened and is starting to swim away. They flee the island, discovering as they do so that Sparr and Kem have both been turned back into their juvenile selves: Sparr is a little boy, and Kem is a puppy. The King and Queen take them into their protection and the Earth kids ascend the rainbow staircase back to home. As they take one last look at Droon, Eric reassures himself that he still has a small glowing crow figurine, which he pocketed on the island.

This book moved pretty fast, and the development with Sparr is a satisfying drop of the other shoe after the earlier book in which we saw Sparr being corrupted - turned to dark magic - as a child. There's still no really lasting resolution to the problems, but having the bigger baddie as the villain make me hopeful that there will be some interesting developments in the next few books. I've become convinced that the way to read these books is fast - not to deliberate on them, or attempt to read them aloud. They're quick, easy children's books, meant for quick consumption. I read it over my lunch break. By the time I finish the series (at the rate I'm going), my daughter will probably be finishing them alongside me.

[Jeremy · Rating 5 out of 5]

I've decided to read The Secrets of Droon series entirely for Christmas since i've been feeling a bit nostalgic. I want to be able to live a bit of the magic of being a kid and what beeter to help than this incredible series. I know that this series is for young kids but i feel it will still be great after all these years.
A fast paced adventure with magic and twists, especially the one at the end. A new terrible villain is awakened to try to bring back the empire of Goll. Additionally a few characters were developed with more depth. It was a good book that leads to interesting developments in the next books.

[Nasheem · Rating 5 out of 5]

The gang is back to save droon form the evil Sparr. The gang has been aware of Lord Sparr's plan on droon. He is planning to get all three of his powerful powers to rulke droon. Now Eric and his friends travel back to droon to defeat them. Even though they defeated him last time he wont be easy as before.

[Elizabeth · Rating 5 out of 5]

yikes!

[Roxanne · Rating 4 out of 5]

mysterious island

[Boston · Rating 4 out of 5]

It was cool that an island was a sea serpent.

[Megan · Rating 2 out of 5]

A hidden door. A magical staircase. Discover the world of Droon!

[Goge (BARRONS) le Moning Maniac,]

Read it. Can't remember it. Been too many years. Will re-read again, someday...:)

[Colin E.c. · Rating 4 out of 5]

I liked this book because of how cool it is and Eric, Julie, and Neal find a secret world under Eric's house. And they have a best friend, Keeah, and she lives in Jaffa City.

[Felicia · Rating 4 out of 5]

Cute adventure story for 2nd or 3rd grade level readers.

[Christine · Rating 4 out of 5]

I like droon stories.

[Roberto · Rating 5 out of 5]

In this one, well sparr is trying to wake ko, an accident happens and sparr becomes a kid.

[Sydney · Rating 3 out of 5]

its when sparr has all three powers and needs to go somewhere so eric and his friends follow him but the place sparr is going to is where his dad ko disappeared.

[Ali · Rating 5 out of 5]

This is sort of a funny book because when Eric, Julie, Neal, and Keeah go to the Isle of mists evel Lord Sparr changes from old to young.

[Anna]

Read after Special Edition 2: Wizard or Witch?