Customer Reviews

A Wedding for Wiglaf? #4 (Dragon Slayers' Academy)

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This is a great book from a great series. My 9 year old son loves them. He took the books every time we went on a road trip, read them before bed, he was even reading them instead of watching afterschool cartoons! They are well written and funny.

I'm 10 years old and my dad made me write this review before I could get another book. What I like about the author is that she
Makes good books and makes me want to read more about DSA. The book is funny,weird,exciting,and it makes you want to smile.

My nine year old son loves these books. I read this one to him for bedtime and I got a kick out of it myself. It was kind of predictable from an adult perspective but the kids didn't seem to catch on and were surprised as the story progressed. It's wacky and bizarre enough to appeal to young preteen males and fun for girls too with the medieval setting and the girl in disguise character, Erica AKA Eric. I was able to follow along without reading all the other books in the series. With a mood ring, greedy headmaster and any princess who could be a "Belch-eena" you know you're in for a funny read.

My son really liked this book, he came to me a few times laughing about something that was happening. This is part of a series of books by this author and I highly recommend it. My son is around the age where he is starting to tell me reading is boring. So any set of books I can get that he actually likes reading is a win. There are quite a few in this series, so I was happy to find them for summer reading.

Just great! Mordred lastest scheme to acquire gold is to marry off Wiglaf to get it! My children and I have all really enjoyed reading this book, and the other 7 books in the series. They are very funny, engaging, and adventurous books that keep my 9 year old reading long past his bedtime. Thanks Amazon for recommending the series!

In this installment of the series Wiglaf is betrothed to the homely Princess Belcheena through the scheming designs of greedy grown-ups, and must figure a way out of the predicament before the wedding date. More Nick at Night humor and several new characters are introduced. The DSA yearbooks at the end of these books are a nice touch, and the advertisements in the back are mildly amusing. The stories are rather formulaic and the humor a bit predictable, but it might be good for children who are just beginning to read chapter books and are having trouble being weened off of TV.
In my humble opinion, the following author is probably a better choice for campy, kid-based, medieval humor;
Time Warp Trio Gift Set, Books 1-4 (Knights of the Kitchen Table; The Not-So-Jolly Rodger; The Good, the Bad, and the Goofy; Your Mother Was a Neanderthal)


J. Lyon Layden
The Other Side of Yore