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Ancient, Strange, And Lovely (2010)

by Susan Fletcher(Favorite Author)

3.75 of 5 Votes: 2

ISBN

1416957863 (ISBN13: 9781416957867)

languge

English

genre

Fantasy

publisher

Atheneum Books for Young Readers

series

Dragon Chronicles

review 1: Ancient, strange, and lovelySusan FletcherAs long as Bryn can remember the members of her family have possessed the unique talent of kenning or communicating with birds. Each child receives a bird at the age of five, Bryn’s is a cockatiel named Stella. After Bryn’s biologist mother disappears while on a research mission in Alaska, her father leaves Bryn and her younger sister with their Aunt Penn while he goes off to find out what happened. Late one night a mysterious thumping noise coming from the basement sends Bryn and Stella exploring through boxes of research material sent from Alaska. Amongst them she finds an egg, a very large egg which produces a faint thrumming noise. This egg is connected to her mom and is perhaps why she suddenly vanished and must be kept se... morecret from Aunt Penn, so Bryn confides in the only person she can trust, her mom’s lab assistant, Taj. When word gets out to the wrong people about this egg and what the creature might be, things spiral quickly out of control putting Bryn and her critter in terrible danger. Her schoolmate, Sasha, agrees to drive her up to a ferry in Washington so Bryn can get to Alaska and find help. Because of her ability to ken with birds, Bryn and her baby dragon form a strong bond. This stand alone title in the “Dragon Chronicles” series written more than ten years after “The sign of the dove,” proves that the author is a true master of the dragon tale. Bryn is a brave, genuine, modern heroine, one whom young readers will love. The baby dragon is a character as real as any person and will tug at the heart strings. It is a wild ride which will have readers on the edge of their seats.
review 2: I read this book with-out reading the rest of the Dragon Chronicles and I could tell that i was missing some background info, but I still enjoyed the story, meeting Bryn, her sister Piper and their family. The joy of her finding the dragon egg her quirky relationship/friendship with Sasha and her quest to save the dragon.The background info's got to do with the families ability to "ken" or communicate with birds, an ability they keep secret from those around them. I also couldn't understand the whole thing with the soil and breaking down chemicals so I don't know if something bad or strange is going on with the earth, but it was more of an aside than a major part of the story. less

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