Let sleeping dragons lie
Garth Nix
- Reading
- Try reading together and pause when the quest shifts to unfamiliar lands; invite your reader to predict what the chant or the talking swords might mean.
- Themes
- A quest to protect the crown: Odo and Eleanor undertake a quest to prevent an impostor taking the crown, facing unseen enemies along the way. The quest links a threat to the crown with encounters with unseen enemies.
- Magic in the quest: The adventure includes talking swords, an ancient chant and dragons. Talking swords, an ancient chant and dragons establish a fantasy setting for the quest.
- Worth knowing
- The adventure includes village defence and fights with unseen enemies; consider whether this kind of adventure suits your reader.