The Dragonkeeper series has a way of being engaging for such
a wide readership. I talked about the first three books in a post here. Book
four has a slightly different feel to it, while still being firmly a part of
the world Carole Wilkinson has created.
We have moved forward in time from where book three
finished, and Kai, our playful dragon character has grown up. He’s effectively
a teenager, at the tender age of 465 years old and wants to find his place in
the world, as many teenagers do.
It’s true, it is sad to have said goodbye to Ping, but as
Carole says in the afterward, she deserved a quiet life after all she had been
through. I think this works well in the structure of the series. The first
three books work well as a trilogy, then book four begins a new adventure
without disturbing the integrity of the first three. Well over 400 years have
passed, so we have a whole new cast of human characters to meet.
Tao is a novice monk who loves the quiet monotony of life in
the monastery. Do you think that will continue when Kai shows up? No. Thank
goodness for us! For what kind of book would that make? Action, adventure,
warring barbarian tribes, deceitful monks, enraged dragon opponents… the list
goes on! Could Tao be Kai’s new dragonkeeper? But all the signs haven’t shown
themselves. And what of his twin brother who has been bedridden since birth,
unable to control the movements of his body?
If you’ve read the first three a while ago (book 3 come out
in 2009) don’t worry if you feel like you can’t remember everything, it’s all
history to this story anyway. If you haven’t read them, technically you could
start with number four if you wanted, but you’d be missing such a rich back
story! This series is just great! It's suitable for readers over 8 years old, but well written enough that anyone over 8 will enjoy it! I'm 20 years past the target age and it still hit a bulls-eye!
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