Flight of the Blue Serpent

The Secrets of Droon #33

by Tony Abbott

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

Eric and his friends are on a mission! They must uncover the meaning of the treasure of the A silver snowflake that cannot melt. Together, the kids travel to the ice fields of northern Droon. But the journey is long and dangerous. The kids' enemies are on their trail, and they'll stop at nothing to get the treasure. . . .

Genres: Fantasy, Childrens, Adventure, Juvenile, Middle Grade, Mystery, Fiction

132 pages, Kindle Edition

First published October 1, 2008

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

[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.
What a great adventure this was complete with action, suspense, mysteries and magic. This is a direct continuation from the past book. It was great and had twists and secrets that you really wanted to find out. The gang battles some new villains and Ko to help somebody who is shrouded in mystery. It ends in a cliffhanger making you want to read the next book.

[Jessica]

The Whump loves so this series

[Vanessa Dargain]

Fast paced , action packed and a cliffhanger . A fun read .

[Jessica]

This. Was. AMAZING!!! Eric, Neal, and Julie are still in Droon after their last adventure and are headed up to the storm in the north to help Galen and Queen Relna. They must fight ice skeletons to help the snow people and keep the blue snowflake safe. A mysterious character from the past reappears, as well as an old friend. Wild cliffhanger ending.

[Charlyn]

This is a book from the series "The Secrets of Droon" and I think readers would benefit from finishing earlier books in the series before this one to enable them to become familiar with the cast of characters. This is a popular series among the readers I serve. This beginning fantasy is totally dependent on the action. Perhaps over the series there is more character development, but this book reminded me of a video game in which constant threats and retreats pop up randomly.

[Sydney]

its about Galen and his friends found this blue snowflake that belonged to a serpent and they have to put a the snowflake back where its wound is so when they arrive they are attacked by Nesh warriors and these people save them and they ask them about a serpent then Galen disappears through a wall then Eric finds a secret room where Galen is they figure out where the serpent is and heals her.

[Ali]

I do not like when Eric gets hit by a icical. His friends are really woreed about their friend. The friends are fighting so their other friends can eascape. Will Eric get better? To find out just read all the rest of the books in that seires.

[DeNae]

This is the book my 6 year old chose for me. I can see why kids love them. Fast-paced and full of action, it is like a kid's version of a soap opera with good and evil, switching sides, magic and mayhem.

[Thobe]

This one was REALLY good. Best one by far! Though I realized too late that the special editions are supposed to be read in between the regular series. I thought the special editions were like a sequel series, but that is not the case. So pay attention to that if you or your kids read them.

[Mintara Lystria]

Oookay......what will happen to Eric now?

* I had a sudden kind-of epiphany after reading this. I thought of three paths inside a cave and I'm the skeleton that lies on a rock and never get out but what push other passerby to move forward.*

Read first:2022, re-read now 2026

[Giovanna]

ive been reading this series for a really long time i don't know what it is about it but its just and enjoyable easy read

[Caley]

#33

[Felicia]

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