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Pixel Raiders #2
Dragon Land
Welcome to level 2: Dragon land.
A game of quests, magic and epic dragon battles...
Rip and Mei escaped Level 1, but they're still trapped inside the virtual-reality game and it's only getting harder to stay alive!
Now known as the Dragon Riders, Rip and Mei are stuck in a land with bandit bullies, spying firebugs and warring dragon clans--while being followed everywhere by a grumpy dragon who owes them a life debt!
Can they survive an epic battle and complete their quest for the Etherstone?
A game of quests, magic and epic dragon battles...
Rip and Mei escaped Level 1, but they're still trapped inside the virtual-reality game and it's only getting harder to stay alive!
Now known as the Dragon Riders, Rip and Mei are stuck in a land with bandit bullies, spying firebugs and warring dragon clans--while being followed everywhere by a grumpy dragon who owes them a life debt!
Can they survive an epic battle and complete their quest for the Etherstone?
- GenresChildrens
192 pages, Paperback
First published September 1, 2016
12 people are currently reading
80 people want to read
About the author
Stephen "Bajo" O'Donnell
4 books4 followersFrom https://www.stevenodonnell.com:
Steven 'Bajo' O'Donnell is an Australian television presenter, twitch streamer, actor, writer and video game critic.
Steven's other interests lie in improvisational comedy, technology, video games, science fiction, and writing about himself in the 3rd person. Steven really enjoys that. Steven is great.
BACKGROUND
Steven grew up in Queensland, and moved to Sydney in 2001 to pursue a career in film and television. One might say he followed his dream! Others might say he found university really hard and this was a romantic way to avoid real world responsibility at the time.
Steven 'Bajo' O'Donnell is an Australian television presenter, twitch streamer, actor, writer and video game critic.
Steven's other interests lie in improvisational comedy, technology, video games, science fiction, and writing about himself in the 3rd person. Steven really enjoys that. Steven is great.
BACKGROUND
Steven grew up in Queensland, and moved to Sydney in 2001 to pursue a career in film and television. One might say he followed his dream! Others might say he found university really hard and this was a romantic way to avoid real world responsibility at the time.
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June 12, 2017
A great follow on from the first book in the series. We continue Wei and Rip's adventures in their Virtual Reality game world. This time they are in a fantasy game called 'Dragon Land'.
I liked this more than the first, the story was more fleshed out and wasn't as predictable. With the addition of extra characters too, I really found myself getting into their quest.
I hate to give spoilers, but I think you may have guessed it already! I look forward to reading the next chapter in Mei and Rip's adventures.
I liked this more than the first, the story was more fleshed out and wasn't as predictable. With the addition of extra characters too, I really found myself getting into their quest.
I hate to give spoilers, but I think you may have guessed it already! I look forward to reading the next chapter in Mei and Rip's adventures.
June 14, 2018
Been reading this at night wth Andrew. He really enjoys this series about 2 kids stuck in a video game. It's way above his reading level, but he lined listening to it.
November 24, 2023
The Pixel Raiders series, created by Australian video gaming reviewers Bajo and Hex, cleverly unites the screen-based world of video games with the text-based world of reading. Even on the printed page, the action is fast-paced and absorbing.
In book one, Dig World, Rip and Mei were catapulted from their regular lives into the world of a fantasy role-playing game. Happily, they survived Dig World, but their gaming success did not return them to their own world. Instead, they find themselves in Dragon Land – a place of magic and mages; knights and wizards; and, yes, powerful, angry dragons. Their new challenge is to discover the Etherstone.
Rip and Mei’s quest takes them through dangerous swamps and forests, into the riotous Sillysong Inn, and finally to a dragon clan’s lair in the Crystal Kingdom. Here, they restore harmony between two warring clans and claim the Etherstone as their reward. The precious jewel is actually another medallion – a sigil with great power, just like the one they retrieved in Dig World.
Bajo and Hex use gaming terminology throughout Dragon Land. Children who are familiar with animated role-playing games will feel right at home in this wordscape. (Those – like me – who haven’t previously entered the gaming world, will soon come to grips with buffs, nerfs, leets and mana.) Throughout the book, Rip and Mei’s game level and heart (strength) collection are displayed at the top of the page. The black and white illustrations by Chris Kennett drive the action and ramp up the emotional intensity of Rip and Mei’s quest.
Dragon Land closes with the two questers adding their new medallion to the game’s loading screen and receiving the message: ‘Level Two: Dragon Land Complete! Entering Level Three!’ Their medieval garb disappears and they enter a world of chequered flags and roaring engines. Fans of the series are in for a scorching ride in the third book, Speed Zone.
My copy of this book was provided by Reading Time, the review journal of The Children’s Book Council of Australia. A version of my review appeared in Reading Time on 18 November 2016: https://readingtime.com.au/dragon-lan...
In book one, Dig World, Rip and Mei were catapulted from their regular lives into the world of a fantasy role-playing game. Happily, they survived Dig World, but their gaming success did not return them to their own world. Instead, they find themselves in Dragon Land – a place of magic and mages; knights and wizards; and, yes, powerful, angry dragons. Their new challenge is to discover the Etherstone.
Rip and Mei’s quest takes them through dangerous swamps and forests, into the riotous Sillysong Inn, and finally to a dragon clan’s lair in the Crystal Kingdom. Here, they restore harmony between two warring clans and claim the Etherstone as their reward. The precious jewel is actually another medallion – a sigil with great power, just like the one they retrieved in Dig World.
Bajo and Hex use gaming terminology throughout Dragon Land. Children who are familiar with animated role-playing games will feel right at home in this wordscape. (Those – like me – who haven’t previously entered the gaming world, will soon come to grips with buffs, nerfs, leets and mana.) Throughout the book, Rip and Mei’s game level and heart (strength) collection are displayed at the top of the page. The black and white illustrations by Chris Kennett drive the action and ramp up the emotional intensity of Rip and Mei’s quest.
Dragon Land closes with the two questers adding their new medallion to the game’s loading screen and receiving the message: ‘Level Two: Dragon Land Complete! Entering Level Three!’ Their medieval garb disappears and they enter a world of chequered flags and roaring engines. Fans of the series are in for a scorching ride in the third book, Speed Zone.
My copy of this book was provided by Reading Time, the review journal of The Children’s Book Council of Australia. A version of my review appeared in Reading Time on 18 November 2016: https://readingtime.com.au/dragon-lan...
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October 1, 2024Read this in like year 6 and I remember the bully from the start of the book becoming their homie in this one - but like I don't think he's in the third book (I never read the others), so for the past like 6 years I've wondered like what was bro doing during that time
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August 28, 2021
One of my favourite book series when I was a kid.
September 26, 2021
Great plot. My 7 year old daughter loves them. The entire 5 book series is hard to find. If you have all 5 and want to sell them contact me. michael.scott.mcginn@gmail.com
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May 4, 2018Luke and I slowly read through this one as part of our reading together some evenings.
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