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The Dragonet Prophecy: Wings of Fire, Book 1

By Carrie R. Wheadon, Common Sense Media Reviewer

age 10+

Buddy dragon story surprisingly dark and bloody.

Book Tui T. Sutherland Fantasy 2012
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Based on 38 parent reviews

Jasighya J.
Jasighya J. Adult
February 15, 2023
age 11+
It only takes one book to light up your eyes, and it turned out that Wings of Fire was the one for me. It may be slow in the beginning like most books but once I got through the first half of the book it made me want to read more of the series. I literally became addicted to reading this series because of how amazing the author portrayed the characters, and who doesn't love dragons!

This title has:

Educational value
Great messages
Great role models
2 people found this helpful.
SunnyTheSandwing
SunnyTheSandwing Adult
November 5, 2021
age 7+

One of the best series I’ve ever read!

I read this series a lot, the first book is gory and gruesome, but try to compare that to warrior cats, warrior cats has deaths from rat bites and cats killing other cats, kits being used and etc. the first book to wings of fire contains a egg being smashed by a evil nasty and vicious queen who get what she deserved later on in the book, and bloodthirsty audiences who have nothing better to do but watch a bunch of prisoner of war dragons fight to the death, but the first book was not that bad! The rest of the series is not that gory either. Here it is in a nutshell (SPOILER ALERT!):A group of older age dragonets are in a mountain for their own safety, they grew up together, they plan to escape, they escape, they find the evil queen, evil queen figure captures them and makes them fight in a arena, some mudwing guy (the protagonist) befriends the possibly most deadliest dragon still alive to the 14th book, the mudwing figures out he has fireproof scales, a rainwing with acid spit spits on the eve up queen injuring her and the crowd gets scared and dragons thought the evil queen was dead, the dragonets escape, mudwing dude figures out his mother sold him for two cows, but his siblings loved him, then they head towards the ocean to find the seawing’s family

This title has:

Educational value
Great messages
Great role models
Too much violence
2 people found this helpful.
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What's the Story?

In A DRAGONET PROPHECY, dragons in Pyrrhia have been warring for nearly two decades, but there is some hope for peace. An organization called Talons of Peace gathered dragon eggs from five different clans and raised the dragonets in secret. According to a prophecy, these dragonets will bring Pyrrhia together again. So for six years Clay, a MudWing, Tsunami, a SeaWing, Starflight, a NightWing, Glory, a RainWing, and Sunny, a SandWing, have been holed up in caves training and studying together with three caretakers who are more drill sergeant than surrogate parent. Tsunami is the dragonet most anxious to leave and see the world and tries to talk the others into leaving. Not everyone is convinced until a special visitor, the dragon who made the prophecy, declares the RainWing Glory dispensable and orders her killed before he returns. An eavesdropping Clay brings the alarming news back to his friends and they decide they must escape. They've barely enjoyed their taste of freedom in a forest before another dragon crashes the party: the cruel Queen Scarlet. Instead of welcoming the dragonets as harbingers of peace, the war-mongering monarch welcomes them into her prison and her arena where dragons fight to the death.

Is It Any Good?

Our review:
Parents say (38 ):
Kids say (233 ):

While the world of different dragon species is pretty cool, sensitive readers may be turned off by the harsh tone of this series start. The main characters in The Dragonet Prophecy -- all not fully grown dragons called dragonets -- are sweet and loyal buddies to each other, but are thrown into this world of to-the-death arena fighting, cruel caretakers (who want one of the dragonets dead!), and family reunions that involve parents not caring at all that their long-lost child has been found. The buddy part sounds perfectly middle grade fantasy, while they rest feels like hopeless dystopian YA fare. It's not the best mix. Just one adult dinosaur as a mentor figure would have made a huge difference -- like Harry Potter had Dumbledore until he was a bit older and could navigate his scary new world on his own.

Maybe as the next adventure ensues they'll encounter some nicer dragons, but the way this war-mongering world is set up, it's not worth counting on.

Talk to Your Kids About ...

  • Families can talk about the violence in The Dragonet Prophecy. Is it easier to watch dragons die in books than people, even if they are the main characters?

  • How does this dragon lore compare with what you read about in other books? Which dragon clan would you like to belong to?

  • Will you read more of this series? What do you think will happen to the dragonets as they explore the different kingdoms?

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