رازهای دنیای دورن - جلد 06 - غول خفته

The Secrets of Droon #6

by Tony Abbott, پریسا همایون‌روز (مترجم)

The Sleeping Giant of Goll (The Secrets of Droon, #6), Tony Abbott, Tim Jessell (Illustrator)
عنوان: رازهای دنیای دورن - جلد 06 - غول خفته؛ نویسنده: تونی ابوت (ابت)؛ تصویرگر: تیم جسل؛ مترجم: پریسا همایون روز؛ تهران، قدیانی، بنفشه، 1385؛ در 72 ص، مصور؛ شابک: 9644178734؛ موضوع: داستانهای تخیلی از نویسندگان قرن 20 م

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

72 pages, Paperback

First published February 1, 2000

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]

I want to travel by Tornado

[Mosy · Rating 2 out of 5]

خب تو این جلد میفهمیم که اسپار غول خفته رو برا این میخواسته که جای زنبور طلایی رو پیدا کنه.
همین.
:D

[Kryssy · Rating 5 out of 5]

Longest book so far… in the 90s for page count

I LOVE how the dreams came full circle! It was like a mystery withing the fantasy world!

This installment was packed full of fun!

- Haven’t dreamed of droon for weeks
- Trees attacked them. Wizard of oz vibes
- Galen invented a submarine
- Sparr is going to panjibarrh where the giant is buried
- Queen relna changed shape from an eagle
- Goll is a lost civilization
- Sparr found the giant
- Wind/dust storm took julie
- Julie is being crowned by animal like creatures (her dream)
- Batamogi - king of the oobja (mole people)
- Says Julie has powers
- Big pizza looking wheel (neal’s dream) is what creates the wind storms
- Sparr puts the amulet into Zor while a Ninn catches the friends
- Wants to raise zor because he knows where the golden wasp is - one of sparr’s 3 powers. Controls minds
- Keeah and galen fight sparr into the giant’s tomb
- Dragon vs giant
- Created a dust storm so giant couldn’t see. He backed up and fell off a mountain
- The dragon is keeah’s mom!
- Batamogi’s brothers are the trees!
- “to make the stairs work we all have to go together. Because no one is more special than anybody else […] it’s like we dreamed three parts of the same dream”

[Pamela Hatch · Rating 3 out of 5]

SUMMARY: The continuing magical adventures of Eric, Julie, and Neal as they are needed again to help the secret world of Droon which can only be reached through a secret portal in Eric's basement. This time they find Lord Sparr looking for the ancient buried giant which when woken will obey his every command and destroy the city of Droon and proceed to the Upper World. Can they stop him before he succeeds?

NOTES: I really like this series, but it is hard to find them all and in the order you need. So I'm reading #6 without reading #5 which I'm having trouble finding. However, I still enjoyed the story and should be able to catch up when I find it. -- The books are short and makes for a good, fast read. However, sometimes it goes so fast that I'm on to the next one before I have processed what happened in the last one. -- I would like to see them bring back the Droon series with three volumes in one binding to make it easier to find and read.

[Rob · Rating 4 out of 5]

combine C.S.Lewis with the great Star Wars Ewok Adventure and you have a clue as to what to expect from this story. Still for the age group it was intended I do not think the reader would be disappointed. These books are short and easy to read, My son read them all so I would say this was a good read.

[Jessica · Rating 4 out of 5]

Another solid installment of the Secrets of Droon series. Eric, Julie and Neal all have strange dreams before returning to Droon. They must battle the giant Zor after Lord Sparr awakens him. I loved the dragon.

[Theo · Rating 4 out of 5]

Did not want to stop listening to on Audio

[Paula Greenfield · Rating 5 out of 5]

Eric and his friends continue their adventures.

[IRIFF · Rating 3 out of 5]

Ian gives it 5 ⭐
I give it 2

[Eileen · Rating 4 out of 5]

Fine

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[Jack Silvernagel · Rating 4 out of 5]

I love Julie, and it's fun getting hints of her future powers.

[Harold Ogle · Rating 3 out of 5]

Another Secrets of Droon book, which my son told me some time ago was his favorite, back when he'd read the first ten or so. I've only read through this one - book six - but I have to agree. I actually enjoyed this one a good deal more. Sure, it has the super-fast resolution common to all the books (though for a time I thought that might not be the case - it seemed like maybe the situation was so dire that the kids would remain in Droon until the next book), but it felt like there was more development of interesting ideas in this one. The giant Zor, mentioned in earlier books, turns out to be a magical mecha, and the book speeds its way to both a magic duel (with the wizards blazing away at each other as they plummet into vast underground caves) and a giant monster battle straight out of kaiju or Ray Harryhausen movies. Needless to say, this all grabbed my attention as the previous ones haven't. It also helped that the illustrations of the kids were at a minimum; most of the drawings are of Lord Sparr, the Teddy Ruxpin-like Oobja, or giant monsters, all of which are drawn in a less cartoonish fashion than the kids.

Summary: the kids have had weird dreams, but Neal's and Eric's dreams seem unrelated to Droon, and they're depressed because it's been two weeks since their last trip to Droon. Julie appears, shares her dream of being crowned a princess flying over Droon, and they enter via the rainbow stairs. They are assaulted by animated trees, which release them when the sun rises. Dusting themselves off, they are met by Max, Galen and Keeah in Galen's amphibious submarine. While traveling under the sea to Panjibarrh, they watch in Galen's magic mirror as Lord Sparr discovers the ancient ruins of the evil Goll empire, and within finds the last resting place of Zor, the bronze giant which will reactivate when Sparr uses the Heart of Zor to complete it. Sparr mentions his plan to conquer the upper world - our world - after he has completed his conquest of Droon, and also mentions that the upper world is his world (shades of Guardians of the Flame, perhaps). The gang arrives at Panjibarrh, a dusty hill country, and Galen leaves them to reconnoiter a dark cave, solemnly declaring that he must face Sparr alone. While he's gone, a whirlwind appears and swoops Julie away. The kids and Max chase the twister, finding Julie being crowned a princess in the village of the "mole people" Oobja. I guess this means she's been adopted by Batamogi, the Oobja king. They have a whirlwind machine that they can use to fetch things. They all sneak over to the Goll dig site. A shapeshifting Galen rejoins them just as Sparr reactivates Zor. A giant blue dragon appears and begins to fight Zor as Keeah and Galen attack Lord Sparr, so intent on blasting him that they dive into the pit of the ruins as he drops into it. Zor evades the dragon long enough to make his intentions clear: he's going to destroy the Oobja. The kids rush back to the village while the dragon delays Zor further, and Julie uses the whirlwind machine to knock Zor off of a mountaintop so that he breaks into scrap metal at the bottom. Sparr is cornered by the dragon (Keeah's mother, Queen Relna, in another guise), the kids, and the swarm of furious Oobja. He flies away, vowing revenge, and the kids ride Relna back to the ring of trees where the wizards transform the trees back into the nine princes of Oobja, Batamogi's brothers. The kids ascend the staircase home.

[Maximilian Lee · Rating 4 out of 5]

I liked this book because I like dragons. I also liked this book because I like giant robots.

[Books Kids Like · Rating 4 out of 5]

While Jaffa City was frozen, Lord Sparr stole the amulet of Zor. Now he’s on his way to the ancient Kingdom of Goll to wake up the sleeping giant. Sparr hopes Zor the giant will help him find the Golden Wasp, another magical object. Eric, Julie, and Neal arrive in Droon where Max picks them up in a submarine. While on their way to Goll, a cyclone carries Julie to the land of the Oobjas who crown her princess. Finally arriving at their destination, they are attacked by Zor, the formidable metal giant. Luckily, a mysterious blue dragon comes to their rescue.
©2024 Kathy Maxwell at https://bookskidslike.com

[Major · Rating 3 out of 5]

This is the sixth book in a series called, The Secrets of Droon. In this episode, best friends, Neal, Julie, and Eric return to the land of Droon. They go there to help stop Lord Sparr from awakening a sleeping giant, named Zor. They get help from their Droon friends, Princess Keeah, the wizard, the spider troll, and Queen Relna. Queen Relna is Princess Keeah's mother and a flying blue dragon.

[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. The action starts later in this book but it is more intense. We also get to meet new characters and the old characters have more participation or do more in this book I feel. I think this one has a bit more depth to it than the past books.

[Katt Hansen · Rating 4 out of 5]

Either I'm getting more used to the author's style of writing, or maybe I've come to like the world that he's created. Either way, this book, while still aimed at easy readers, was actually a bit meatier than the ones that came before - and to me a little more interesting. The series still has it's flaws - too much coincidence, too much worldbuilding in such a limited space which gets confusing. But all the same, it's still fun and a good way to start early readers out in the world of fantasy.

[Victoria Whipple · Rating 2 out of 5]

The Secrets of Droon is a fantasy series where 3 kids find a secret entrance to another world in the basement of one of the kids. They have MANY adventures with their friends in Droon, fighting with good to overcome evil. A good series to keep kids interested and always wanting the next installment.

[Matthew · Rating 3 out of 5]

Maybe this is just me, but I found the giant to be a bit of a letdown in all. I was expecting this book to amp up the adventure a bit making the suspense a bit greater, but in the end, this was just about what I've come to know would end up the case in this series. The child heroes manage to take down the new problem with relative ease and the help of Keah's dragon mother. An okay book.

[Kirsten Simkiss · Rating 4 out of 5]

As far as the books go, this one was fun, but perhaps not as inventive as others have been in the past. It has the quick resolution you'd expect from a book at this reading level and cool monsters, as well as interesting creations and inhabitants invented up for the world of Droon. Still, submarines not being invented yet but giant bronze automatons being ancient? Seems a little backwards to me.

[Gavin · Rating 4 out of 5]

Good for younger kids and probably for slightly older ones to read alone (7-12). It's pretty standard fantasy fare with dragons, giants and wizards. There are three kids as the main characters, surely not an idea obtained from a certain J. K. Rowling?

[Tara · Rating 4 out of 5]

This book has an awesome cover! What could be better than a dragon fighting a giant robot? Nothing. Seeing it made Adam want to try reading the series. This is another good, creative chapter of this series.

[Sydney · Rating 5 out of 5]

when lord sparr used magic to wake up the sleeping of goll eric and his friends and a little help from a dragon have to have to defeat the sleeping giant of goll.

[Andrew · Rating 4 out of 5]

These are great books for children, and adults who want to keep up with their children.

[Shoshanah · Rating 4 out of 5]

same

[Dylan · Rating 4 out of 5]

This is the best in the series

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[Deborah · Rating 5 out of 5]

sweet

[Ruth Omunda · Rating 5 out of 5]

This book is very enjoyable for students who like fantasy stories.

[Felicia · Rating 4 out of 5]

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