Pirates of the Purple Dawn

The Secrets of Droon #29

by Tony Abbott, Tim Jessell (Illustrator), Royce Fitzgerald (Illustrator)

The secret is out -- DROON is the series that kids, parents, and teachers are talking about! And with an eye-catching new design, this favorite series is more exciting than ever.

Everything in Droon is changing. Lord Sparr has disappeared. Ko and Gethwing have fled to the Dark Lands. And an old villain is back -- Ving, leader of the Hawk Bandits! This time, he has his twin sister in tow, along with her band of wicked pirates. Arrrg! They're snatching magical stones from all over Droon, and using them to build an enchanted passageway that will transport nasty dragons from the past into the present.

Can Eric and his friends put a stop to the pirates? Or will they be lost at sea?

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

128 pages, Paperback

First published January 1, 2007

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 · Rating 4 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.
This adventure is full of action and adventure with a new set of villains. We take a break from Gethwing and Ko and meet Ving, again, and Ming. It was a good book but not as great as the past ones. It also offers us a rest from the action of the previous books.

[Kryssy · Rating 2 out of 5]

There are so many new characters in this book. Also it feels like the author forgot what the plot of this book started out being. We were looking into the purple mist and we went off on a tangent of a tangent. Because of these, it was hard to follow along

- Eric has a vision of a green mist guy wanting to know about droon as warning eric of something
- Eric said everything out loud in class and showed his Wizard powers
- Nelag shows up to wait memories and take kids to droon
- Big purple cloud
- Hawks stole the ninn’s ship
- Snakes that are forced to tell the truth
- Twins ming and ving?
- Pirates and bandits
- Building a New City in the present. Need a key from keeah
- Friends are put in a cell. Eric is a phantom and fell through the wall
- Keeah and Eric find the key. Ming tricks them
- Mokorto (the city) is finished. Just needs the key to bring to life
- Whoever opens the gates will crumble
- Woman version of galen? She’s crazy
- Banished the hawks back to tarkoom

[Akash Baskaran · Rating 5 out of 5]

This was the first book I read in the series of secrets of droon as a kid, and it got me hooked onto the series. Though I don’t remember the story now, just the feeling of reading through these books and traveling through the world of droon brings back just pure happy memories

[Tara · Rating 4 out of 5]

Another fun adventure. This one felt a little more disjointed than usual to me but I still liked it.

[Reva · Rating 3 out of 5]

So it was pretty goooooooood.....but there were some parts where I just wanted to pick something else...but still the story was awesome 🤓

[Jessica · Rating 4 out of 5]

When two groups of pirates led by a hawk brother and sister have plans to build a dreadful city in Droon, the kids must find a way to stop them.

[Sydney · Rating 5 out of 5]

i like the part when galen tells the hawks about this legend and tricks the pirates.

[Roxanne · Rating 4 out of 5]

evil pirates at dawn

[Boston · Rating 3 out of 5]

This book isn't as good as the other ones. Nothing exciting ever happens.

[Felicia · Rating 4 out of 5]

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

[Kay Kay · Rating 3 out of 5]

This book was OK. I think young science fiction fans would like it.

[Anna]

Read after Special Edition 4: Sorcerer

[Logan · Rating 5 out of 5]

It was awesome!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!