Dragon War [Hardcover]

Laurence Yep (Author)

Product Details

• Hardcover: 313 pages
• Publisher: Demco Media (June 1994)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0606063366
• ISBN-13: 978-0606063364
• Product Dimensions: 8 x 5.5 x 1 inches
• Shipping Weight: 11.2 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (10 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #10,882,805 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

More About the Author

Laurence Yep has been fascinated with tales of sibling rivalry from the day he was born. His older brother, Tom, chose his name Laurence - after a saint who died a particularly gruesome death. Laurence has been trying to get even ever since. Laurence Yep now lives in Pacific Grove, California, with his wife and is one of children's literature's most respected authors. His award-winning titles include Newbery Honor Books Dragonwings and Dragon's Gate.

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Shimmer Fights the Final Battle -- a review by Vijay, February 26, 2004

By A Customer

This review is from: Dragon War (Paperback)

In the final book of the Dragon Series by Laurence Yep, Shimmer, the dragon princess, and Monkey and Indigo fight the last battle against the Boneless King to save Shimmers home. The Boneless King, disguised as the butcher, has evil men who try to kill Shimmer and her friends.The bonless Kings allies are very powerful and Shimmer and Monkey and Indigo nearly die When Thorn, the human boy, gets his soul stuck inside the dragon cauldron, Shimmer and her friends find it hard to continue. The Boneless King wants the cauldron because he wants to boil Shimmers home, the sea. Shimmer, Indigo, and Monkey make a long and dangerous journey to the dragon kingdom but things get worse, for Shimmers brother, Pomfret, has sided with the Boneless King.

The book starts out a little bit slowly but if you are patient you will love it. This is a great book -- it is my favorite book of the Dragon Series and maybe my favorite book ever. I rate this a five star because of Laurence Yeps great way of describing things, and of giving people actions that fit their personalities. Monkeys personality makes him the funniest character in the book -- he makes fun of Shimmer, cheats in games against her, and a lot more funny stuff. The story is full of surprises. People who like mystery, humor, and lots of adventure all in one will enjoy this book.

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Amazing, satisfying conclusion to the fine series, April 12, 1997

By A Customer

This review is from: Dragon War (Paperback)

Laurence Yep's conclusion to the Dragon of the Lost Sea is as fine as any of his previous books, most notably Dragon Steel. Mr. Yep has captured the restless, jesting spirit of the monkey and the pride of the dragon from the Chinese myths and put them into a delightful series. Our tale begins (or rather, continues) with the intrepid team of Monkey, the Dragon Princess Shimmer, and her companion Indigo on a quest to recover the dragon cauldron: a bowl that holds the future of a sea-a sea that is Shimmer's clan's past, present, and future. Captured by the Witch Civet, the Inland Sea can only be restored...with the cauldron. Trapped within the artifact is the soul of a human boy, Shimmer's friend Thorn. Now, however, the relic is no longer an instrument of importance to just the Inland Sea. The cauldron has fallen into the hands of a terrible entity, the Boneless King, and all must risk everything to thwart the King from boiling the dragon seas away. But more than just battle awaits in this wonderfully magical and creative novel. Shimmer's brother has turned on her, and even though she is a high Princess of the dragons, Shimmer has been exiled for taking the Dream Pearl: the source of her only magic-by her brother's manipulations and lies, for their mother had willed the pearl to Shimmer. The group must face everything from living statues, flying mountains, and startling revelations of the past to recover Thorn...and the future of the entire dragon race, and the world for that matter, for before Thorn freed him (albeit unknowingly), the Boneless King has had time to plot his revenge... This tale is one of Laurence Yep's finest, along with the other Dragon of the Lost Sea books, Tongues of Jade, Dragonwings and Dragon's Gate

5.0 out of 5 stars dragon war, April 4, 2005

A Kid's Review

This review is from: Dragon War (Paperback)

I would read this book, because if you like dragons this is the book made for you.It's rated with 5 stars,and has lots of action in it.