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East Dragon, West Dragon (2012)

by Robyn Eversole(Favorite Author)

3.59 of 5 Votes: 5

ISBN

0689858280 (ISBN13: 9780689858284)

languge

English

genre

Fantasy

publisher

Atheneum Books for Young Readers

review 1: The throwaway ending kept me from giving this a four. But the middle was a lot of fun. Putting the two main world dragon narratives next to each other in the same book was a great idea, and Eversole was playful enough with it so that there were a couple of laugh-out-loud moments in there. When the king and knights get sent on a goose chase to the east, it sets up the best moment in the book (no spoiler). From there, it seems like Eversole was just trying to figure out how to wind down. The 'and everybody was friends' ending is not interesting or even part of the fun.
review 2: East Dragon and West Dragon don't like each other, but the truth is they're both slightly afraid of each other. They live half a world away from each other, but a when West Dragon's king... more and knights attack East Dragon and his friends the dragons finally cross paths. Each learns that they have special powers the other doesn't have and a friendship is forged.Watercolor illustrations depict the detailed worlds of each dragon. I felt the artwork was stronger than the story, but it was nice to read a different take on dragons. less

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