رازهای دنیای دورن - جلد 09 - برج پادشاه الف ها

The Secrets of Droon #9

by Tony Abbott, پریسا همایون‌روز (مترجم)

The Tower of the Elf King (The Secrets of Droon, #9), Tony Abbott, Tim Jessell (Illustrator)
عنوان: رازهای دنیای دورن - جلد 09 - برج پادشاه الف ها؛ نویسنده: تونی ابوت (ابت)؛ تصویرگر: تیم جسل؛ مترجم: پریسا همایون روز؛ تهران، قدیانی، بنفشه، 1385؛ در 78 ص، مصور؛ شابک: 9644178769؛ چاپ چهارم 1392؛ شابک: 9789644179764؛ موضوع: داستانهای تخیلی برای کودکان از نویسندگان قرن 20 م

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

78 pages, Hardcover

First published June 19, 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

[Mosy]

انصافا وقتش بود که یه خورده روند تکراری کتاب ها عوض بشه و تو این جلد این اتفاق میوفته.

[Sam Kuntz]

The tower of the Elf King is about Eric Hinkle and his friends Neal and Julie. They have to help their friend who lives in Droon. Their friend's treasure is stolen by a Hog Elf who was cursed by Lord Sparr. When they find the Hog Elf, he has all the treasure but he did not use it for money. You will have to read the book to find out what happens. It is a nice book. -Sam Kuntz

[Violet]

I didn't really like how it was totally off. The book was kind of a side story in the series. You have to read the whole next book to find out what happened.

[Aidan G]

Do you want to learn more about fantasy? ell you came to the right place. First, I need to talk about the book I read, The Secrets of Droon, The Tower of the Elf King by Tony Abbott. It starts you off at the kid home where he and his two friends go to the world of Droon. Droon look a lot like a fantasy medieval with castles and elfs. After that they learn that they have to save the world form a monster. As they are traveling they meet many people like a pillow king and some elfs.
This book does fit in the fantasy genre. One way it fits is that it is in a different world than ours, such as a world were kings and queens. The other way is that some of the characters are not real. The characters are not real because one of them is a pillow that can talk. Those are the two biggest reasons it is in the fantasy genre.
I really enjoyed this book because it was a bit relaxing. Also, it was about a genre I like in general. The other way I like it is that the character is funny to me. I would recommend this book to kid that are under 11. I think this was targeted at kids in the first place. If you are looking for a good and fun children's book, I would chose this book.

[Kryssy]

Weird feeling not having sparr in the story

- Dreamed of different parts of a monster
- STILL haven’t cleaned basement
- Sparr is missing. Keeah and galen making a spell to find him
- Monster invaded lumpland
- Keeah can teleport people with the harp
- Locate dragon by scent from a scale left behind
- Ninns don’t know where sparr is. They follow a lizard now
- Friddle picked up the kids to go to the tower of the elf king
- Gryndal appeared same time sparr disappeared
- Friddle made the harp and tells keeah about its powers
- Gryndal is fake and made of pieces. He’s actually a hog elf
- Gryndal knows where keeah’s mom is
- Friddle rescues the kids from a crumbling tower

[Jessica]

I really enjoyed this one, probably a lot because Sparr wasn't in it, and also because it was off the wall funny. Like it was pretty clear that Gryndal wasn't scary when the kids first met him, and those elves in the robes were goofy too. Plus the Ninns were less awful when they weren't doing Sparr's bidding. And when Gryndal's fake tail fell off, that was hilarious. 🤣 My daughter thought this one was pretty weird.

[Maximilian Lee]

I liked this book because I liked the part when the pig elves escaped because they would be going to freedom. I also liked this book because I love explosions.

[Mia]

My 8 yr old nephew likes this series & we read it together. 3 *'s for entertaining him!

[Robert]

These books were fun for my son, I think it was one of his first set of books, where he had to wait for the new one to come out. This was a good read

[Jack Silvernagel]

Love to see that the Ninns are actual people.

[Harold Ogle]

This Droon book feels like a transition story, just here to connect larger pieces of the series plot. The kids arrive in Droon after dreaming of separate body parts of a fearsome monster. Some weird noodle divination by Galen and Keeah is interrupted by Khan, King of the Lumpies, whose village has been plundered by a dragonish humanoid - everything metallic has been stolen, including Khan's crown. The rest of the book is essentially about the kids helping Khan retrieve his treasure. Lord Sparr is conspicuously absent, as are Max and Galen. Keeah develops her magic harp abilities - she can now move it like the spaceships in Buckaroo Banzai: up, down, left, right, hover, et cetera - as they chase the dragonlike elf king Gryndal across the desert to a colossal tower he's constructed with the help of hundreds of Ninns. The levitating ability of the harp is used several times, but the only other noteworthy things are the introduction of Friddle (a tinker who makes all sorts of steampunk gadgets and conveyances) and that Queen Relna has now apparently taken the form of a red tiger.

It turns out that Gryndal is actually a bit of a tinker himself, having created the hideous dragonlike appearance as a costume to get the Ninns' fear and respect. He's actually a hog elf (like a miniature orc), one of a group that was released from servitude when Lord Sparr vanished. They found themselves on the wrong side of the world and so concocted a hare-brained scheme to get back home: the annual migration of the giant soarwings birds. Knowing that no soarwings could pass up shiny baubles, Gryndal stole all the shiny things he could, tricked the Ninns into building a giant tower, put the baubles on the very top, and waited. Eventually the soarwings arrive and the hog elves leap aboard the birds' backs in order to hitch a ride halfway around the world. Meanwhile, Friddle meets the kids, recognizes Keeah as the maturing daughter of his old client Queen Relna, and shows her how the harp actually has embedded gem stones that show details of Relna's life. Two of the gems are missing, so the kids will be helping Keeah look for those later. The Ninns discover Gryndal's perfidy when the kids are confronting the hog elf on top of the tower, and the Ninns rush to topple the tower. Khan retrieves his crown and all the other sparkly stuff, while Keeah grabs another soarwing and goes in pursuit of Gryndal, who hinted that he knew where a red tiger was. The kids start to fall from the tower as it collapses, but are caught in Friddle's hot air balloon basket. Friddle drops them off, King Khan thanks them for their help, and the kids ascend the rainbow stairs back to the pool party/barbecue their families were enjoying at the start of the tale.

[Books Kids Like]

In three separate dreams, Eric, Neal, and Julie see different parts of a terrifying monster with three angry red eyes, a fire-breathing mouth with long, sharp teeth, and a huffing, puffing pig nose. When the friends return to Droon, they find out that a horrible beast that matches their pictures has robbed the Lumpies’ village of all their treasures. The three friends join Princess Keeah and Khan, King of the Lumpies, in a quest to recover the stolen things. A friendly, female Ninn tells Eric that the monster they pursue calls himself Gryndal, the Elf King. When they actually see him, he looks more like a metallic dragon than an elf. With the help of hundreds of Ninns, he is building a huge tower in the desert.
©2024 Kathy Maxwell at https://bookskidslike.com

[Jeremy]

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. In this adventure we get to meet a new enemy, well sort of "enemy". Well not really but in this book Sparr doesn't make an appearance because he is missing but his Ninns are still present. We also see new characters including Friddle, one of my favorite of all the series. In this book and the last one we see the series evolving and acquiring depth. We are also getting hints of what is to come. This one is one of my favorites so far.

[Roberto]

In this one, there are new creatures roaming in Droon. The kids had dreams and each drew a picture. For instance, Eric drew a picture of the creature's three eyes. Julie drew a picture of the creature's fiery mouth with sharp teeth. And Neal dreamed about a pig nose. When they went to Droon, Khan's city got robbed by the creature. The creature's name was Gryndal. When the kids were fighting Gryndal, this little elf came along and saved them. The elf's name was Friddle. Then they went to Gryndal's tower. The Ninns (Sparr's evil creatures) were building the tower. Sparr got hurt in the last book, so Gryndal took over the Ninns.

[2G Books]

This book, by Tony Abbott is full of excitement and mysteries! In the beginning, Eric, Julie and Neil have dreams about Droon. The problem in the story is that Khan's treasure is missing. Khan is the King of the Lumpys and Lumpys are chubby pillows! Keeah is the princess of Droon and she flies away on a bird, looking for her mother. Eric, Julie, and Neil help Khan and Keeah find the missing treasure! My favorite part is where Khan explains what happened over night. The hog elves broke into Khan's house to take the treasure. The character I like best is Eric. I like when Khan shows Eric what happened in his house. This put a good picture in my mind! I think you would love this book!

[Libri Sempra]

I've been reading this series to 2 kids (ages 5 and 7), and they LOVE this series. They can't get enough, and this book didn't disappoint them. They can't wait to dig into the next book. They love these books because they're imaginative, humorous, full of action and adventure, and full of magical wonder. I definitely recommend this to kids ages 5+, and especially to kids that are getting into chapter books.

[Dylan]

the protagonist are Eric, Julie and Neal and the antagonist is sparr they went back to droon to take off on another adventure with princess keeah. and they went to the lumpies village and it was robbed and it cant be lord sparr because he mysteriously disappeared. So it had to be the terrible beast in the crimes of the village.

[Ayanna]

What I Learned From This Books Was That They Needed Help From The Elfs To Survive The Earth and To Help Them With They Need Help To Disappeared Mysteriouly.... Eric And Julie, And They Need To Be Help For Them To Survive In The Earth

[Priya]

Found the book a little boring but at the same time … it was important to move along with the story line

Eric, Neal and July together dream of a monster that might be hurting droon and decide to go help

The book focuses on what happens and who is monster js etc.

[Chesca Abadines]

beautiful

[Jen]

totally wicked dude.

[Felicia]

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

[Deborah Harris]

AR Quiz No. 54499 EN Fiction
Accelerated Reader Quiz Information IL: MG - BL: 3.1 - AR Pts: 1.0
Accelerated Reader Quiz Type Information AR Quiz Types: RP, VP

[WSL Library]

x2

[Nicole Luiken]

Another fantastical adventure, this time without Sparr as the villain, and somewhat sillier.
Fave bit: meeting the Ninn females

[Anna]

The kid really liked this one.

Guided reading level M

[Tara]

Such great chapter books. I love each new character that is introduced and all the continuing storylines.

[Eamonn]

Good book!!

[Cws]

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[Jeffrey]

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