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Secret of the Lost Dragons
Traveling across space and time can take you to some dangerous places.
Eleven-year-olds Jake and Ava are seasoned time travelers stuck babysitting their four-year-old cousin, DeeDee. After a day at the pool, DeeDee stoops to touch a strange coin in their driveway—and vanishes!
Oh, no! What’s there to do but touch the coin too?
The twins find DeeDee in a narrow desert canyon—facing a huge, fierce dragon. Clearly, it’s time to leave. Jake and Ava grab DeeDee’s hands and reach for the time-travel keys in their pockets. But their pockets are empty!
A family-friendly action-adventure for ages 8-11, Book 2 in the Guardians of Time series.
Book 1 was named winner of a Purple Dragonfly Award and also a finalist for the prestigious Selah Award for Christian Fiction.
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Phyllis Wheeler, a homeschooling veteran, loves time-travel stories. She writes books for kids that feature strong families and a moral compass. She and her husband live in St. Louis, where she tends her milkweed garden and hopes for butterflies.
Vitória Gurgel is a court stenographer and illustrator living in Amapá, northern Brazil. She enjoys thinking of herself as a Rain Land Illustrator, as "Amapá" is a word of Nuaruaque origin, which means Land of Rain. She loves the local culture, açaí, and is a big fan of Marabaixo music and dance.
Dawn Ford, middle grade/YA fantasy author,
I adore this newest, action-packed adventure in the Guardians of Time series! When our heroes Jake and Ava, along with their little cousin DeeDee, get hurled back in time to a desert valley full of dragons, they have to rely on faith, and a heaping helping of bravery, to get them out of this puzzling mess.
Phyllis Wheeler weaves in many elements of the Bible and history into this fun story. Your children will love how the characters overcome the obstacles they face and will learn along with the characters how to step beyond themselves to do the right and brave thing. Parents will love this tale as will their children and grandchildren as it has a little something for everyone.
I recommend this book for young kids who love dragons, history, and adventure!
Eleven-year-olds Jake and Ava are seasoned time travelers stuck babysitting their four-year-old cousin, DeeDee. After a day at the pool, DeeDee stoops to touch a strange coin in their driveway—and vanishes!
Oh, no! What’s there to do but touch the coin too?
The twins find DeeDee in a narrow desert canyon—facing a huge, fierce dragon. Clearly, it’s time to leave. Jake and Ava grab DeeDee’s hands and reach for the time-travel keys in their pockets. But their pockets are empty!
A family-friendly action-adventure for ages 8-11, Book 2 in the Guardians of Time series.
Book 1 was named winner of a Purple Dragonfly Award and also a finalist for the prestigious Selah Award for Christian Fiction.
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Phyllis Wheeler, a homeschooling veteran, loves time-travel stories. She writes books for kids that feature strong families and a moral compass. She and her husband live in St. Louis, where she tends her milkweed garden and hopes for butterflies.
Vitória Gurgel is a court stenographer and illustrator living in Amapá, northern Brazil. She enjoys thinking of herself as a Rain Land Illustrator, as "Amapá" is a word of Nuaruaque origin, which means Land of Rain. She loves the local culture, açaí, and is a big fan of Marabaixo music and dance.
Dawn Ford, middle grade/YA fantasy author,
I adore this newest, action-packed adventure in the Guardians of Time series! When our heroes Jake and Ava, along with their little cousin DeeDee, get hurled back in time to a desert valley full of dragons, they have to rely on faith, and a heaping helping of bravery, to get them out of this puzzling mess.
Phyllis Wheeler weaves in many elements of the Bible and history into this fun story. Your children will love how the characters overcome the obstacles they face and will learn along with the characters how to step beyond themselves to do the right and brave thing. Parents will love this tale as will their children and grandchildren as it has a little something for everyone.
I recommend this book for young kids who love dragons, history, and adventure!
194 pages, Kindle Edition
Published November 1, 2023
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Phyllis Wheeler
17 books32 followersPhyllis Wheeler set a goal at age 13 to write a children’s book. That led to a journey with lots of detours. She’s written for daily newspapers, worked on airplanes as a mechanical engineer, and raised four children--doing some homeschooling along the way. Get to know her and get a free short story at PhyllisWheeler.com.
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August 3, 2024Jake and Ava are babysitting their cousin, Dee Dee. Dee Dee spies a shiny coin in the driveway and bends to pick it up. As she touches it she disappears. Jake and Ava go immediately to the coin and they smell dry desert air. They bend and touch the coin too. They find themselves in a desert of pink/purple hills. Turning around they see Dee Dee pointing to something and yelling kitty.That is no kitty but an honest to goodness red dragon who looks dangerous. They meet three other dragons, adult, and one little dragon who gets along with Dee Dee. There is one dragon who seems meaner than the others. They've been here in this canyon for a hundred years and just want to go home. They try to figure out where they are...they check the skies. They see the big dipper so they are in the Northern hemisphere but where exactly? Will Guiding Hand come help them? Without their time travel keys no one knows what's happened to them or where they are? Then the evil Guiding Hand shows up and tells them where they're back in time in 800 AD in a place long forgotten. They find clues that tell them they are near the Mediterranean. They finally figure out where they are thanks to one of the dragons. It's talked about in the Jewish scripts. Now all they have to do is get the Guiding Hand to find them and get them where they belong. Will they get the best of the evil Martin or are they lost for good?
A very cute story for kids who love dragons and tall tales. It's also good for us adults to be young again through these tales
A very cute story for kids who love dragons and tall tales. It's also good for us adults to be young again through these tales
November 6, 2023
Phyllis Wheeler has done it again - created an epic adventure for kids that traverses time! Eleven-year-old time travelers Jake and Ava are stuck babysitting their four-year-old cousin, DeeDee. Everything is going well until DeeDee stoops to touch a strange coin in their driveway—and vanishes! The twins touch the coin and find DeeDee in a narrow desert canyon—facing a huge, fierce dragon. They grab their cousin and reach for their time-travel keys - only to discover their pockets are empty!
In order to get out of this crazy mess, Jake and Ava have to rely on faith and bravery. Children will love how the characters overcome the obstacles they face. Parents and grandparents will love this tale as it has a little something for everybody.
PS- Vitória Gurgel's illustrations are fantastic!
In order to get out of this crazy mess, Jake and Ava have to rely on faith and bravery. Children will love how the characters overcome the obstacles they face. Parents and grandparents will love this tale as it has a little something for everybody.
PS- Vitória Gurgel's illustrations are fantastic!
November 8, 2023
Phyllis Wheeler did it again, penning another exciting adventure with Jake, Ava, and Will. It's an easy read but hard to put down. Our reluctant hero, Jake, overcomes his fears to protect his sister and their little cousin DeeDee from dragons and the evil Martin Ortolan. Who doesn't love dragons!? You'll be cheering for Jake, Ava, and the dragons as they desperately seek a way home. Cherie- St. Louis MO
November 6, 2023
Secret of the Lost Dragons is the second book in the Guardians of Time series. Time travel is my favorite thing to read about and this book so so much fun. The main characters, eleven year old twins Jake and Ava go back in time once more to save their 4 year old cousin Deedee. 8-11 years old readers will love this series.
January 10, 2026
Phyllis Wheeler's "Guardians of Time" series includes "Secret of the Lost Dragons" as its second book. Both middle schoolers and teens will enjoy the mix of mystery and history in this time-travel adventure about siblings stuck in a desert with dragons in 800AD. They won't want to stop reading! Outstanding!
December 9, 2023
Fun Middle grade romp
May 18, 2024
A fun adventure
This is a fun adventure story for kids that weaves in the virtue of bravery and ideas and places from the Bible alongside dragons and time travel!
This is a fun adventure story for kids that weaves in the virtue of bravery and ideas and places from the Bible alongside dragons and time travel!
November 30, 2023
Beware shiny objects!
Jake and Ava are off on another time travel adventure when their young cousin touches a medallion laying in the driveway.
Arriving in the desert, the twins find their cousin quickly. But—she’s calling “Kitty” to a red dragon.
A well crafted adventure for either new readers or those who want to listen to another read the tale.
Jake and Ava are off on another time travel adventure when their young cousin touches a medallion laying in the driveway.
Arriving in the desert, the twins find their cousin quickly. But—she’s calling “Kitty” to a red dragon.
A well crafted adventure for either new readers or those who want to listen to another read the tale.
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