The Moon Scroll

The Secrets of Droon #15

by Tony Abbott, Tim Jessell (Illustrator)

A hidden door. A magical staircase. Discover the world of Droon!

Galen's in trouble! He's disappeared into the evil land of Goll, and it's up to Eric, Julie, Neal, and Keeah to help him. The Wand of Urik is the powerful tool Galen needs. But the Wand's been missing for years. The only way to find it is by studying the powerful words of The Moon Scroll, an ancient chronicle of Droon history. Everyone knows that the Scroll holds mysterious secrets. And following its clues to the Wand of the Urik is sure to be cool. But no one has any idea just how exciting the journey will be - until the Moon Scroll leads them back through time!

Genres: Fantasy, Childrens, Fiction, Middle Grade, Adventure, Chapter Books, Juvenile

147 pages, Kindle Edition

First published April 1, 2002

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

[Mosy · Rating 4 out of 5]

با اختلاف بهترین جلد این سری تا به اینجا.
تو این جلد ما اطلاعات زیادی از گذشته شخصیت ها به دست میاریم. از بچگی لرد اسپار و جوانی گالن گرفته تا گذشته نامعلوم اریک.
کتاب، هم تا حدی برخی سرنخ های قبلی رو باز میکنه، هم کلی سوال جدید ایجاد میکنه که باعث میشه سریع تر بخوای جلد های بعدی رو بخونی

و فک کنم این جلد و جلد بعد هم پشت سر هم باشن.

[Kryssy · Rating 3 out of 5]

Nelag is an annoyingly interesting character… and the there friends are kind of irritating. They’ve been up droon how many times and still think that something that looks ordinary can’t be different?? Come on…

- Eric is trying to figure out what sparr meant by “one of us”. Is Eric’s family from droon? That’s why his house has the secret door? And he has powers
- Julie’s house is for sale
- Fight with ninns as soon as they get to droon
- The moon scroll will help find a wand
- Nelag: the fake galen that speaks backwards like yoda
- Find galen’s name in the ancient language
- Find moon scroll
- Written backwards. Nelag can read it easily
- See a projection of past galen
- Galen had the wand but a soldier of ko stole it
- Hoja was waiting for centuries for someone to come looking. The gang has to use palm leaves to dig to look for a door
- Traveling back in time?
- Eric found a different carving then fell through the floor
- Queen of light. Her kid is sparr? Saw a young sparr. Even he said eric is one of them
- Goblins chase after them. Fire and stone collided
- Wand is buried with ko
- Wand created the staircase
- Tomb was empty except for a stick. I feel like this was the actual wand
- “Often, things worth the most are hidden by things worth the least”
- The wand followed eric home where I’d finally looked like the wand

[Maha · Rating 3 out of 5]

From time to time, I like to read kids' stories, and I don't quite get excited by them. This is a magical world in deed... but it's action paced, and the action barely lasts a few seconds... I think it is meant for a very young audience. I've read other kids stories and all of them seem to be action focused.

[Tara · Rating 3 out of 5]

This volume explores some of the past of Droon and how Sparr became the bad guy. I always think it's good to see that everyone has a past and a choice of what they will become, but sometimes your past points you in a direction that is hard to overcome.

[Jessica · Rating 5 out of 5]

This had elements similar to the later Harry Potter books, only this came out long before the last three HP books. Outstandingly creative, astounding world building, and awesome characters. I loved the humorous addition of Nelag. 😂 Also Hoja was mysterious and intriguing.

[Rob · Rating 4 out of 5]

there is a lot going on in this book, In a Good way, This is a good series but must be read in order or all is lost. This was a Good Read.

[caroline]

love how the goodreads book description is just “excellent book.” LOL.

[Jack Silvernagel · Rating 4 out of 5]

forgot I read this last week. things are ramping up!! This is was actually pretty sad :( poor kids :(

[Harold Ogle · Rating 2 out of 5]

This one broke the streak of "better Droon books," for me. I set it down a few times, as it just wasn't engaging me, so it took me several days to read even though it picks up several of the story threads that were left hanging by the previous book(s). The one noteworthy thing was that this is the first time where it felt like Abbott was really drawing on the existing details of the world, rather than creating everything new as he's done previously. True, as I write this I realize this is unfair: he's had a lot of recurring supporting characters, and the kids have revisited some locations in previous books. But for me, this one is the first book where it felt like it was important to have actually read all of what had come before in the series. We see the return of characters we haven't seen for a long time, and it just generally felt like Abbott was drawing on existing lore in this one.

Okay, there is a second noteworthy thing: real-world catastrophe inserts itself into the story. In a genre dominated by orphans and children of divorce, I guess it's not too much of a catastrophe, but it did feel more real that the kids have to deal with one of their families moving out of state. That's an interesting twist: something that might actually happen, and it has dire repercussions in a story where the characters can only access the setting of the story - Droon - via Eric's basement. Will Julie be excluded in later books? Will they discover a new route to Droon? Or will they somehow concoct a scheme to avert the move?

In order to escape the tedium of watching videos of him as a baby with his parents, Eric mentally summons the other kids, and Julie informs them that her dad has a new job and that her family is moving away as a result. They are desperate for magical help to make this not happen. So they race into the basement, through the door and down the stairs to Droon, and are immediately beset by an army of Ninns trying to capture them. Eric shoots exploding blasts from his hands to discourage them, but the Ninns, now wise to this trick, have been equipped with mirrored shields that cause his blasts to rebound. Not unusually, they are rescued by the adults of Droon. Since Galen is still in the underworld, this time it's King Zello. He wades into the evil army, laying about him with his club, while the kids ride off on a pilka with Keeah. She takes them to meet astral projections of the Guardians of the Tower of Memory, who tell them that Galen needs the Wand or Urik, one of the most powerful artifacts on all of Droon. To find the Wand or Urik, they must retrieve the Moon Scroll and follow its directions. Galen, unfortunately, is the only one who knows the location of the Moon Scroll...but, fortunately, the bizarro version of Galen (which they dub Nelag because he's so backwards) that was activated to conceal Galen's absence, also knows. So Nelag leads them on a journey across Droon on a flying disc to get the scroll. Through most of the journey they are pursued by Ninns.

[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 to read and live the excitement.
One of the best books of the series. Finally we are discovering important pieces of the past of Droon and some of its characters. It was suspenseful, intriguing and action-packed. "New" characters (more or less) are introduced such as Nelag, young Sparr, and Ko even though he isn't present in the story. In this book we can truly feel the magic, wonder, and intrigue that is really The Secrets of Droon.

[Sydney · Rating 5 out of 5]

when galen goes missing on the other side of goll they have to find the wand urik to help him and they need the moon scroll to lead them where the wand of urik is.

[Ryan · Rating 5 out of 5]

This was the first book in the Droon series that I ever read.

[Angela · Rating 5 out of 5]

I like that this series is going in a different direction than I thought. My kids are always excited to go get another "Eric" book from the library.

[Felicia · Rating 4 out of 5]

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

[Sarv · Rating 5 out of 5]

یکی از بهترین جلد ها. من علشق جلد های مربوط به پانجیباره م:)
تقریبا از اینجا به بعده که تازه داستان جهت اصلیشو پیدا میکنه و لذت بخش تر از قبل میشه:)

[Roxanne · Rating 4 out of 5]

everyone wants the moon scroll