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A beguiling fantasy about the vacation of a lifetime. Hannah, Zachary, and Sarah Emily are spending the summer at their Great Aunt Mehitabel's house on faraway Lonely Island. There, in a cave hidden high above the ocean, they discover a fabulous creature: a glittering three-headed dragon with a kind heart, an unpredictable temper, and a memory that spans 20,000 years. Transported by the magic of the dragon's stories, the children meet Mei-lan, a young girl in ancient China who is called upon to save her village from great danger. They sail the seas in a 19-century ship with cabin boy Jamie Prichett. And, in more recent times, with Hitty and her brother Will, they survive a frightening plane crash on a desert island. In a novel as mysterious and spellbinding as the dragon's stories, Rebecca Rupp explore what three children from the present learn from the past-and from an unlikely, but wise and generous friend.
Format:Hardcover
Language:English
ISBN:0763604089
ISBN13:9780763604080
Release Date:October 1998
Publisher:Candlewick Press (MA)
Length:160 Pages
Weight:0.84 lbs.
Dimensions:0.7" x 5.8" x 8.5"
Age Range:8 to 11 years
Grade Range:Grades 3 to 6
Related Subjects
Childhood Community Dragons Growing Up Imagination Mythical Creatures Secrets Trust Adventure 9 - 12 YearsCustomer Reviews
5 ratings
Wonderful
Published by Thriftbooks.com User , 23 years ago
This is a book about about a three kids that go to thir aunt's castle and they go into the tower room and find a box that has a map and a dragon scale and they meet a dragon named Fafnyr Goldenwings and the dragon is three headed, each head tells a story to tell and each story has a lesson. Every single person that reads this review should get this book. It is wonderful, and enjoying, exciting and the best book that I ever read!
A magical secret three-headed dragon and three children .
Published by Thriftbooks.com User , 23 years ago
Hannah, Zachary, and little Sarah Emily have to spend the summer on their Aunt's island while their mother is writing a book. Aunt Mehitabel sends them a little old-fashioned, curlicued-handled key to unlock the Tower Room at the top of the house. They find a beautiful wooden box whose lid is really an intricate puzzle. Hidden inside is a special clue about the island. Using the map, they find the tridrake, a three-headed dragon, in the cave at the top of Drake's Hill. Fafnyr Goldenwings has a special story to tell each of them, but they must promise to keep Fafnyr a secret.A wonderful whiff of the magic of long, endless summers when there was time to dream and explore.
NOT your average dragon tale!
Published by Thriftbooks.com User , 23 years ago
I have to say this book is quite interesting! This book is about a 3-headed dragon and the three kids who visit Lonely Island. The dragons are NOT in any way blood-sucking or in other words they don't feast on humans. The dragons tell tales to the 3 children and they each have a moral from which each child benefits off of. I have read a lot of books with dragons in them, from Harry Potter to Jeremy Thatcher Dragon Hatcher, but this is dragon life from a point of view that most people wish for dragons to be like.
Lots of adventure and some mystery. Reads like a classic.
Published by Thriftbooks.com User , 25 years ago
Not a slow or dull page in this childen's adventure book about these 3 dragons in one! My 9yr old, reluctant to read fiction was so captivated, he read it three times in a row.
A timeless tale: children and dragons learn from eachother
Published by Thriftbooks.com User , 26 years ago
This new book is written in that wonderfully timeless style that lets you believed you MUST have loved it as a child. Three children discover a three headed dragon when they vacation on a small island owned by their great aunt. The dragons heads each tell a tale in which other children learned - or taught - life lessons. The children in this tale, as well as those in the stories within it, develop special Friendships with this "Tri-Drake." Though there are morals to the tales (don't take what isn't yours; use your head; trust your own wisdom; help others when you can), you don't notice them as you read, and your kids will absorb them unwittingly.
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