#Danzi dragon keeper series
The Author's Afterword in the fourth book of the Dragonkeeper series explains that there was never meant to be a fourth book it truly was meant to be a trilogy! But Carole Wilkinson has revisited the dragon Kai, four centuries later. As well, the book was 2008 Winner, of the KROC (Kids Reading Oz Choice) Award (Fiction for Years 7-9). Principal amongst these was winningĢ008 Book of the Year in the Younger Readers Category from the Children’s Book Council of Australia. The third book in the series has also received many awards. Ping makes a sad departure and begins a new life with a new companion, a boy named Jun, "the only friend who had ever come back to her". This is eventually accomplished and Kai is safely in the dragon haven hidden away from others and with a new responsibility. But will they unravel the Chinese language puzzle? Ping knows that she must continue in her final great quest to find Kai a safe Their guide is a set of complex instructions from Long Danzi that take the form of a riddle.
#Danzi dragon keeper free
But danger is everywhere and deceptions of many kinds, as they set out to find the home of the remaining free dragons. They have travelled far, but much more is to be done as Ping discovers that Long Danzi's intention all along has been to see Kai returned to live with free dragons. In the third book in the series Ping and Kai continue to evade the enemies who search for the elusive dragon and its keeper. Winner of the 2004 Queensland Premier's Literary Awards The book has won and been shortlisted for too many awards to mention in full, but these include:
It is a piece of wonderful historical fiction and fantasy that will appeal to children aged 9+. Within just a few pages you are hooked and reluctant to put the book down. This is a book that drags you along as a reader at a cracking pace.
This is will be necessary to make the perilous journey and eventually, the responsibility of the 'stone' just as it breaks and Long Danzi and Hua leave her for the Isles of the Blessed. This is the story of a young ten year-old girl who has been seen as worthless, unnamed and discarded, but who finds within her new strength, courage and abilities beyond her imagination. Ping carries with them a mysterious stone at the urging of Long Danzi. Hunter pursues them and the girl discovers many secrets about dragons and begins an epic journey across China. Through the circumstances of the death of the 2nd last dragon and the unexpected arrival of the emperor, Ping escapes with the dragon from her brutal master. Ping's perception of dragon's changes with the discovery that the withdrawn and frightened dragon deep in a stone pit has a coloured 'stone' which it protects fiercely, and some strange behaviours. And finally, we meet Ping's only 'friend' and companion, Hua, a pet rat who goes everywhere with her.
We meet Long Danzi a dragon who has just become the sole survivor of what was once a collection of two dozen captives. We meet a slave girl named Ping who has the job of tending to captive dragons, held secretly in a palace of the emperor in a remote region of China. The first book in the series introduces us to the main characters for the first three books.
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