Burning Crown

The Serpent's Egg Trilogy #2

by J. Fitzgerald McCurdy

The second popular title in the word-of-mouth kids’ lit phenom known as The Serpent’ s Egg Trilogy, The Burning Crown is another fast-paced fantasy adventure tale. The Elven Crown has fallen into the hands of the Demon’ s crazed minions, who control the only known portal into a magical land. Now, a group of Ottawa kids must regain the Crown before its power can be used to unleash the Demon Hate from her dark prison. With her effortless skill at building a complete fantasy world— under the Ottawa Library of Parliament, no less— McCurdy packs The Burning Crown with epic battles, wondrous creatures and a life-or-death challenge that tests the bonds of friendship.

Genres: Fantasy, Childrens, Fiction, Middle Grade, Young Adult, Teen, Adventure

448 pages, Kindle Edition

First published January 1, 2002

Reviews

[Laona Lavoie · Rating 1 out of 5]

Vraiment pas mon genre. Trop fantastique.

[Liana · Rating 2 out of 5]

...I'll be honest. When I found out that the Burning Crown is actually called 'The Cap' by the elves, I burst out laughing.

...Curious name for something so grand. :)

Anyhoo, I enjoyed the first book more... The characters haven't really improved, and I found some of their actions to be waaay out of their character to the point of them looking dumb. ...It's kinda painful to watch them do dumb things that you KNOW they are smart enough to not do. :P There's a big difference from a character having a flaw, and having a flaw in their development...

[Christina Bulgin · Rating 4 out of 5]

Nice sequel to "The Serpent's Egg"... On to the final of the three.