Parents' Guide to The Lost Continent Prophecy: Wings of Fire Series

Parents need to know that The Lost Continent Prophecy is the third five-book "cycle" in the Wings of Fire dragon series by Tui T. Sutherland (The Dragonet Prophecy was the first, The Jade Mountain Prophecy the second, with a Legends Duology and four books in the Winglets series that follow). This series includes books 11-15: The Lost Continent, The Hive Queen, The Poison Jungle, The Dangerous Gift, and The Flames of Hope. Each is told from the perspective of a young dragon: two from the SilkWing tribe, one from HiveWing tribe, one from the LeafWing tribe, and the young queen from the IceWing tribe. The violence is even less in this series than in the others, mostly because a cruel queen that mind controls all her subjects would rather have more subjects to mind control than dead dragons, but also because dragons once bent on revenge against the queen find more peaceful solutions than all-out war. Dragons do fight, though, and hurt each other with venom that causes prolonged paralysis, poison darts, poisons that knock victims unconscious, stingers, acid spray, ants and toxic bugs that sting and bite, arson, claws, and more. One dragon dies in the present, stabbed with a thorn, and another breaks an arm. Many dragons fall unconscious after fighting and are imprisoned and threatened. One very young dragon is captured to be sacrificed. Jungle plants try to eat dragons, and in a tense scene, dragons are surrounded by deadly vipers. Most other content is pretty mild, with some flirting and professions of love, some drinks at a party served in a punchbowl, and put-downs like "idiot" and "nitwit." Expect a lot of social-emotional learning throughout the series, with lessons on controlling anger, expressing difficult feelings, and finding empathy for others.