A Dragonhaven actually exists at the five million acre Smokehill National Park. All dragons in the wild are now extinct. Jake, who lives with his scientist father at the Makepeace Institute of Integrated Dragon Studies, has never seen a real dragon except flying at a great distance.
Homeschooled, he is obsessed with learning about the dragons. His mother died in questionable circumstances while studying the last of the dragons in Kenya, his father is remote, and Jake considers his little sister to be a pest. The frightened public is against dragons, and the law is against anyone raising a dragon. Smokepeace has an impenetrable fence around the park. When Jake takes his first solo camping trip, he is horrified to discover a poacher has penetrated the fence and killed and been killed by a female dragon that has just given birth. All the dragonlets have died except one. Jake rescues the baby, putting it in his shirt. This baby, which he named Lois, bonds with him and not only becomes the most difficult baby ever raised, she has to be kept hidden.
To make dragon-raising so realist and specific is a gift. This author infuses an enormous amount of detail about dragons into her book. To young people with a thirst for dragons, and there are many, this is meat and drink. To readers with a thirst for a first-rate adventure, this is simply one of the best. A great read-aloud.
Homeschooled, he is obsessed with learning about the dragons. His mother died in questionable circumstances while studying the last of the dragons in Kenya, his father is remote, and Jake considers his little sister to be a pest. The frightened public is against dragons, and the law is against anyone raising a dragon. Smokepeace has an impenetrable fence around the park. When Jake takes his first solo camping trip, he is horrified to discover a poacher has penetrated the fence and killed and been killed by a female dragon that has just given birth. All the dragonlets have died except one. Jake rescues the baby, putting it in his shirt. This baby, which he named Lois, bonds with him and not only becomes the most difficult baby ever raised, she has to be kept hidden.
To make dragon-raising so realist and specific is a gift. This author infuses an enormous amount of detail about dragons into her book. To young people with a thirst for dragons, and there are many, this is meat and drink. To readers with a thirst for a first-rate adventure, this is simply one of the best. A great read-aloud.
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