Johnston, E.K. The Story of Owen 312 pgs. Carolrhoda
Books, 2014. $17.95 Content: Language: G (0 swears); Mature Content: G Violence:
PG.
Siobhan and Owen
are normal teenagers that they live our
modern day world, but in this story Dragons have always existed. The dragons
have always been a pest, all through out history, but with the introduction of
carbon fumes to our society, they are even more dangerous, as they love the
stuff. Owen is a dragon fighter in training, a family tradition, and his family
has just moved to a small town in Canada. Siobhan finds herself using her
musical skills to tell the stories of his skills in the field. Dragons in their
area are not decreasing despite having their own dragon slaying family living
in town, something awful is going on. Can two teenagers find out and stop it?
Sounds so exciting
right? I couldn’t wait to pick up this book, yet I found it quite overly
detailed in its attempt to repaint history with a thread of dragon involved. Even
as I managed to read my way to the climax of the story, I found I didn’t care
anymore what happened. I was glad to read a teen book without romance,
swearing, and featuring responsible main characters. The author tries to do one of my favorite thing, adding multiple sub elements and plots like Siobhans musical knowledge, but they just
don’t fit in cohesively.
HS –OPTIONAL Reviewer: Stephanie Elementary School
Librarian & Author.
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