Knights of the Ruby Wand

The Secrets of Droon #36

by Tony Abbott, Tim Jessell, Royce Fitzgerald

FOR USE IN SCHOOLS AND LIBRARIES ONLY. Third graders Julie, Neal, and Keeah are on a quest to find the famous Ruby Wand, a powerful magical instrument Galen created centuries ago. It's the only thing that might restore the ailing wizard to his former self.

Genres: Fantasy, Childrens, Adventure, Fiction, Juvenile

128 pages, Library Binding

First published February 1, 2010

About the author

Tony Abbott (born 1952) is an American author of children's books. His most popular work is the book series The Secrets of Droon, which includes over 40 books. He has sold over 12 million copies of his books and they have been translated into several other languages, including Italian, Spanish, Korean, French, Japanese, Polish, Turkish, and Russian. He has also written the bestseller Firegirl.

Abbott was born in Cleveland, Ohio, in 1952. His father was a university professor and had an extensive library of books which became one of Abbott's first sources of literature. When he was eight years old, his family moved to Connecticut where he went through elementary school and high school.

Abbott attended the University of Connecticut, and after studying both music and psychology, decided to study English and graduated from the University of Connecticut with a bachelor's degree in English literature. He attended the workshops of Patricia Reilly Giff to further develop his writing after college.

Abbott currently lives in Trumbull, Connecticut, with his wife, two daughters, and two dogs. Tony had one brother and two sisters.

Reviews

[Jeremy · Rating 5 out of 5]

I've decided to read The Secrets of Droon series entirely for Christmas since i've been feeling a bit nostalgic. I want to be able to live a bit of the magic of being a kid and what beeter to help than this incredible series. I know that this series is for young kids but i feel it will still be great after all these years.
A fun adventure with some new interesting characters. The kids are trying to get Galen and Eric back while trying to stop Gethwing and his army. It seems almost impossible but little by little they are accomplishing what they need. It is a good book continuing the plot of the recent adventures but it doesn't feel like the series is ending even though it sadly is.

[Sydney · Rating 4 out of 5]

its about Galen is trapped and he needs his three powerful weapons to get out of the trap and they have to make the cure they figure out that it has fallen in to the hands of a weasel and they get it back by using the skorth.

[Felicia · Rating 4 out of 5]

Cute adventure story for 2nd or 3rd grade level readers.

[Anna]

After this, read Special Edition 7: The Genie King
Guided Reading Level P

[Alkyoni Kotsis · Rating 4 out of 5]

Neil, Keeah and Julie are really brave they found the ruby wand and next they will go to rescue Eric and Galen!

[Ali · Rating 5 out of 5]

Julie and Neal went to Droon and there they met two old witches. The witches tricked them into getting into trouble with the weasels that had the Ruby wand.

Do you think that they got the Ruby wand back?