رازهای دنیای دورن - جلد 04 - شهری میان ابرها

The Secrets of Droon #4

by Tony Abbott, پریسا همایون‌روز (مترجم)

City in the Clouds (The Secrets Of Droon, #4), Tony Abbott, Tim Jessell (Illustrator)
عنوان: رازهای دنیای دورن - جلد 04 - شهری میان ابرها؛ نویسنده: تونی ابوت (ابت)؛ تصویرگر: تیم جسل؛ مترجم: پریسا همایون روز؛ تهران، قدیانی، بنفشه، 1384؛ در 72 ص، مصور؛ شابک: 9644178718؛ موضوع: داستانهای تخیلی از نویسندگان قرن 20 م

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

72 pages, Paperback

First published October 1, 1999

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

[Tyler Mauer · Rating 4 out of 5]

Ice has never sounded more evil

[Andrea · Rating 5 out of 5]

My 5 yr old and I thoroughly enjoyed the first 4 books of this series, and look forward to reading the remaining books!

[Mosy · Rating 2 out of 5]

تازه میخواد استارت بزنه داستان رو.

[Shadyside Library · Rating 4 out of 5]

The adventures with these characters just never get old! The author always has something incredibly whimsical up his sleeve making every book unique in its own way. This story packed a ton of action and suspense! I mean it had to right? They were visiting an invisible city in the clouds!!

[Rob · Rating 4 out of 5]

Important note: when reviewing kids books, I grade on weather or not the book is written for the implied audience not on the comparison of a young adult book to a great novel, Secrets of Droon in no way is as good or better than Harry potter, but it is aimed at younger readers and I give it credit for that. This has been a good series with easy to follow stories and characters. it was a series that my son started reading in elementary school about the fourth grade, and he is still an avid reader and a great adult, if I do say so myself. This series makes up for the limited storylines by having so many books in the series with the same characters it's like checking up on your friends to see what is up. This was a good read.

[Amber · Rating 2 out of 5]

I loved this series as a kid, but while reading it again with my daughter I remembered this was my least favorite book in the series. My daughter loved the fantasy and was drawn by the concept of a city in the sky, but her interest came and left in waves.
While I probably won't hang onto this book for my other kids, I'm looking forward to reading the first book with my toddler

[Kylie Abecca · Rating 2 out of 5]

While the writing style of this book is great, the story lacked depth and finality. The story had no real meaning and explained nothing. There were so many sub plots going on and not a single one was wrapped up on the ending.

[Jack Silvernagel · Rating 4 out of 5]

The name symbols are ICONIC are you kidding me?? I had dolls of Bodo and Vasa when I was little, an artistic adult in my life sculpted them out of clay. She even sewed little cloaks for them. So wonderful.

[Jessica · Rating 4 out of 5]

I've been reading this series to my daughter who is in first grade, and she loves them. They are extremely fast paced, full of adventure, and not too scary for young children. Great plot and characters!

[Rachel D. · Rating 2 out of 5]

Once again, I read it with JD. I need to find a better series for a 9-year-old boy.

[Theo · Rating 5 out of 5]

Did not want to stop listening to on Audio

[Sayali Karnewar · Rating 4 out of 5]

For kids who love to fall into imagination, this is a beautiful series of wonders and adventures.

[Paula Greenfield · Rating 5 out of 5]

Another wonderful tale of Eric and his friends as they visit Droon and help the Princess and her family.

[Stacie · Rating 3 out of 5]

Kids are still enjoying this series. They can't wait for the next. Its simple and fast paced enough for them to stay focused. And the characters are fun.

[Charlotte Burrill · Rating 5 out of 5]

so amazing

[Eileen · Rating 4 out of 5]

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[Kryssy · Rating 4 out of 5]

This one has a lot more twists and surprises than i thought it would. I liked the tower and the invisible floating city!

- Neal turn into a bug while on the school bus
- Ro is a city that floats in the clouds and flies over droon. Usually Invisible except for one day per year
- Sparr is after diamonds that have the invisibility power
- Khan is a groggle whisperer
- Guardians role over Ro. And they’re dinosaurs!?
- Symbols for everyone’s names in the ancient language that Quill writes in
- Eric and his friends turned into ninns!
- Need to go to the tower to find out what happened when Neal turned into a bug in order to fix it
- How does Eric and keeah know they are copying down the right moment that they need?
- Sparr was reading the tower and crying
- Sparr sees eric but didn’t do anything to harm him
- When sparr confronted the queen, he almost killed hey but demither turned her into a falcon
- Guardians turned Neal back but now he has a temporary twin
- Keeah’s dad!
- The friend had to jump onto sparr’s ship to avoid becoming invisible. Find mountains of diamonds
- Sparr blasted the two neals. They became 1
- Sparr is keeping Eric alive because he will eventually help him
- Sparr read something about ice and the last line mentions it. Ice will be important in an upcoming book

[Anna]

Guided Reading Level O

[Jeremy · Rating 4 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. The fourth book introduces us to new characters as well as new places. As in the last book the action starts really fast and it continues that way. Something that I like about this series is how hints and gives the reader clues of things that will happen in the future and in later books. It gives the reader a chance to try to guess and wonder about what is coming. The plot again centers on the kids trying to stop Sparr from fulfilling his plans. But this time his plan is to steal diamonds instead of obtaining the Red Eye of Dawn. The author continues to give us variety and changes through every book.

[Priya · Rating 4 out of 5]

In this book the 3 friends and along with their Droon counterpart head to the flying city of Ro. Neal starts turning into a bug and is later cured by the guardians at Ro (Vasa and Bodo). Keeyah finally learns about the fate of her mother. Lord Sparr learns something about the future based on the writings by Quill.

He does not kill Eric when he sees him in the tower of memory since he believes that Eric will help him in the future. Lord Sparr and his Ninns manage to load up a lot of diamonds in their ship hoping to apply the invisibility properties but the children defeat them and save the diamonds which are meant to be used by Ro to remain invisible for the next whole year.

Keeyah has a lot of hurdles ahead of her if she has to save her mother. Also they are curious to know what the word Ice means and how it will impact their future. More action to follow.

[Books Kids Like · Rating 4 out of 5]

All of a sudden, one of Neal’s tennis shoes splits open at the toe revealing a brown claw-like foot. Then, the other shoe breaks, and another transformed foot sticks out. The curse that turned Neal into a bug while he was on the mysterious island has returned! Eric, Julie, and Neal rush to Eric’s house. They climb down the magic stairs and right on board Lord Sparr’s airship. When the evil wizard sees them, he puts them on an outside platform so he can fling them into space. The Lumpies rescue the trio before any harm can befall them. Princess Keeah believes that Ro, the City in the Clouds, holds the key to breaking Neal’s insect curse. They’ve got to work fast because Ro will disappear soon and be invisible for another seven years.
©2024 Kathy Maxwell at https://bookskidslike.com

[Katt Hansen · Rating 3 out of 5]

Once again we're back in Droon, this time in a city that just won't stay put - it drifts along in the sky.

Of course the bad guys want to steal what the good guys have, so it's up to our adventurers to save the day.

Again, this is a fun adventure series witha fascinating world that the author has worked hard to construct. At the same time, I'm frustrated by the lack of detail and really wish we could spend more time exploring, and getting a bit deeper into the characterization. Every story feels like it should have been told with a lot more words, probably at a higher grade level.

Still it's fun to read, and if you have have younger readers who love magical stories, this is a great series to start them on.

[Eddie · Rating 4 out of 5]

Fantasy for the younger generation! My two older kids started reading this in 1st grade and both have loved the series. I began reading it so that I had better perspective on the series. The first 3 books I didn't find very interesting, the books were too fast paced for me with too little detail (but probably perfect for younger kids), however this book finally seems to introduce a little more depth, and leaves a thread with which to weave the overarching story of the series. This is the firt book in the series that I really felt compelled to finish.

[Liana · Rating 4 out of 5]

Neal gets turned into a bug again! Awesome. There’s something more interesting about Lord Sparr in this book, it's like he’s got a deeper hidden secret that's not being revealed to us yet. (At least, that’s what I thought.) I think book 5 will be worth looking at, as I’m curious to see where the plot will go next. That book will probably be my last look at this series though, as these stories tend to be the same thing over again. :)

[Moe · Rating 3 out of 5]

This is one of the my favorites that I've read about. It takes place in the future because every year the cloud disappears and reappears in a new world or time. They went through a tower that had a magic pen that wrote everything on a brick about what's happening in each person's life, and it gets taller and taller as more lives appear and he accidentally reaches the future.

[Nicole Luiken · Rating 3 out of 5]

Droon is a wonderfully inventive world. This time round our heroes visit the flying city of Ro which is only visible for one day per year and the Tower of Memory in which a magic Quill writes everything that's ever happened and sometimes the future.
Quibble: I wish more had been done with Neal One & Two

[julie · Rating 4 out of 5]

This story really drew in my new reader. We alternated paragraphs and he was able to read most of the words, but it was no an overly simple story so it kept his interest. He's looking for the rest of the series at the library this week.

[Claudia · Rating 1 out of 5]

Didn't care for this one at all. Pure fluff. A good mixture of saturday morning cartoons and all of the "most used lines" from any science fiction book.

"Prepare to meet your doom!"

"Did he say doom?"
"I'm afraid so."
"That doesn't sound good."
"No it sure doesn't."

Gag!

[Kalia Dalat · Rating 4 out of 5]

Drune is a majical place and it has lots of adventures where you can emajin your self in. I love the 4th book and I hope other people read it too! I only have the fourth book and I bet the other books are fun too! I read this book about 5 times so I guess thats why I love it so much!

[Matthew · Rating 3 out of 5]

This was quite possibly the best story in the series thus far. It managed to give a little back story and depth to the characters, something the series desperately needed. I can't help but suspect that there's more to Lord Sparr than bottomless evil.