In the Ice Caves of Krog

The Secrets of Droon #20

by Tony Abbott

Hailed as the perfect series for kids not quite ready for Harry Potter, THE SECRETS OF DROON series is enchanting young readers everywhere!

Forget Frosty... there's a new snowman tromping through Droon! An ancient snow beast named Murn has woken up from a deep sleep, and he is NOT a morning person. In fact, Murn is destroying villages all over Droon! Eric and his friends must journey up north to the mysterious ice caves to stop the beast. Finding the cave entrance is tricky, but that's nothing compared to what they find deep inside. Surprise! The "ice beast" is not at all what they expected...

Genres: Fantasy, Childrens, Fiction, Juvenile, Adventure, Chapter Books, Kids

128 pages, Paperback

First published January 1, 2003

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

[Kryssy]

Julie is randomly obsessed with painting everything

My copy has the pages cut off or oddly spaced. I have a few pages that have the top line cut off… so that was a weird flow issue

I liked the riddles

- Eric’s powers are getting stronger
- Random snow day??
- Keeah’s harp is sending a message
- Wraiths (stung by the wasp)
- Meet a little girl that mentions a prince that fought krog
- Max was taken and flown away
- Neal is really good at solving the riddles
- Iceman challenged neal to riddles
- Trapped in a room with food that puts them to sleep
- Pile of gold weapons
- Krog says he has 2 weaknesses
- Eric acts like a kid to distract him. Name calling and throwing things
- Krog IS THE PRINCE OF STARS!!
- kill the beast, become the beast
- Sparr had the harp to control the wasp. Prince turns back into krog to fight the wasp
- Prince gives a vial of liquid that is supposed to help defeat sparr
- Did we ever get max back????

[Our Military Moments]

The Secrets of Droon is a good series. It follows two boys and a girl who find a magical entrance to the land of Droon in the basement of one of their houses and thus begins many adventures for the three of them.  Our library only has one of these books, and it happens to be book #20, In the Ice Caves of Krog.  It was really good, but was definitely for a younger audience.  It is for about 3rd grade reading level, and I think that is a good age for this series.  The book would be really exciting and fast paced for this age group.  I'm sure it's a great series for young readers who are looking to move up to chapter books.

[Tara]

One of the things I like about this series is the kindness of the characters. Sure they’re fighting evil monsters, but the kids often stop to consider “what made these monsters evil” and “how different from me are they really?” I like that. It’s also a great adventure story.

[Robert]

If you read the Secrets of Droon, do it in order, there is so much you will miss if you don't, The Stories get better and the characters start feeling like family, I am enjoying the series as much as my son did. This is a good read.

[Jessica]

We took a long break in the middle of reading this one, so my memory of the beginning is a little fuzzy. But I'm very interested in the Prince of the stars with the emerald eyes. Love the characters and the world building.

[Maximilian Lee]

I kind of liked this book because the story was exciting. I think it was cool how Eric knew that Krog was the prince by looking in Krog's eyes. Krog's eyes were green.

[Amanda]

Loved this one! Action packed from the very beginning all the way through. Couldn’t put this one down!

[Mintara Lystria]

I like its quest-like thing, like a game.

[Jeremy]

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.
It was an exciting read with some new characters, some not as evil as you would think who are rather mysterious. We have some exciting surprises including Eric's powers. A good read with a mysterious plot , good action and a chilly winter time setting.

[Karen]

Krog was not exactly a real bad guy.

So was he a fake bad guy?
No, he was just someone that got the spell cast on him, accidentally.

What did the spell do?
Turn him into a monster.

What kind of monster?
It was a white monster with emerald green eyes, just like the Prince of Light.

Who's the Prince of Light?
I don't really know.

Anything else?
Well, no, nothing else.

[Roberto]

This is one of the most interesting ones of the series so far. I thought it was pretty good. It was a great story. I can't believe Krog wasn't even dangerous to the kids. Krog is just a mean beast that lives in the ice caves and breaths fire.

[Roxanne]

kinda evil monster

[Dustin the wind Crazy little brown owl]

The Golden Wasp and The Knights of Silversnow are back! Throw in some wraiths, a winged snowman monster and a Prince of Stars - this is one amazing adventure!

[Felicia]

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

[Sydney]

i like the part when they fight krog who is really a prince.

[Goge (BARRONS) le Moning Maniac,]

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