SuitabookDragonquest
Donita K. Paul
- Reading
- Read alongside a conversation about consent, responsibility and power. Pause when dragons are captured or threatened, then revisit whether the quest changes the relationships between Kale and her companions.
- Themes
- Responsibility and leadership: Kale is summoned to become an apprentice, tend a newly hatched dragon and lead a search to rescue another. The book?s stance on this remains unclear.
- Freedom and power: Risto has seized a meech dragon, and Kale’s group seeks to rescue another and free dragons already enslaved. The situation clearly presents control and enslavement as obstacles, but the broader treatment of power and freedom remains unclear.
- Worth knowing
- Discuss how caring for a vulnerable creature might affect Kale’s choices, and whether leadership is shown as something she accepts, earns or must question during the quest.