The Silver Swamp

The Last Firehawk #8

by Katrina Charman, Judit Tondora (Illustrations)

Tag and Skyla must rescue Blaze, in this action-packed fantasy adventure series!
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This series is part of Scholastic's early chapter book line, Branches, aimed at newly independent readers. With easy-to-read text, high-interest content, fast-paced plots, and illustrations on every page, these books will boost reading confidence and stamina. Branches books help readers grow!

Blaze has been captured by giant birds! Tag and Skyla set off through the Cloud Kingdom to find her, using only their magical map as a guide. They must travel through the dangerous Silver Swamp, where threats are lurking around every corner. Will they be able to rescue Blaze? And will these friends get one step closer to discovering Blaze's family of lost firehawks? This fully-illustrated series makes a great introduction to fantasy and quest stories for younger readers!

Genres: Fantasy, Chapter Books, Childrens, Fiction, Animals

96 pages, Paperback

First published June 2, 2020

Reviews

[Ellie O · Rating 4 out of 5]

This book was good. It had enough words and enough pictures. One of my favorite parts was when they took Blaze out of the nest because they were trapped. It was an adventure book.

[Reading is my Escape · Rating 3 out of 5]

Audience: Early Elementary (1st-3rd)
Format: Ebook/Library Copy

Tag and Skyla stood in a dusty clearing and examined the magical map.
- first sentence
This is a cute story, with animal main characters who are on a quest. This is the first book of the series I read, but the kids at school love it. There is an introduction at the beginning of the book to remind kids what the characters are currently facing (the story continues from book to book). The Branches books are a gentle bridge into chapter books for early readers. They still have pictures, but the stories are more complex and interesting. A great series for kids who like magical animals and adventure.

[Chao Qi · Rating 5 out of 5]

Interesting

I loved it I love that feeling that you don’t know what is going to happen next it is just so interesting

[Tommy]

Its on

[Sasha · Rating 4 out of 5]

Read aloud to the kids. This is a nice series.

[Katie · Rating 4 out of 5]

This was our read aloud last week and is the 8th book in The Last Firehawk series. Skyla and Tag continue looking for Blaze and find her hidden in a giant bird’s nest. Skyla falls victim to a poisonous glitter and they have to rely on an untrusted new character that appears. Claw introduces himself as the innocent twin of Thorn — but who is he really?

This was another fun installment to this series. Deciding whether to trust Claw created a great discussion about his true identity (is he really Thorn’s twin or could it be Thorn pretending?) and about how people gain our trust. I’m excited to read the next book and see how our predictions play out.

[Brian · Rating 3 out of 5]

from the desk of a five year old: "It was cool. I liked the croco-dragon. Bye, bye bye byeee."

At the end of each book they have questions and one of them was "Can you think of your own animal that would live in the Cloud Kingdom?"

He came up with a catophant. An elephant and a cat mixed together. It was pretty good.

[Samantha · Rating 5 out of 5]

Started this series with my 6 and 4 year old sons on this book. Big mistake. They loved it so much and gave me so much crap for not starting at number 1! This series was fun to read aloud to them. Great for getting my son to read a few words. We have got book 1 and are now on our journey in the cloud kingdom.

[Sarah]

Read-aloud to kindergartner with no attention span. This was the second chapter book ever that we actually finished -and she actually begged me to read it to her each night. And I didn’t want to stab my eyes out like with certain other early readers (*cough cough*Dragon Masters). So I would consider it a success!

[Chris · Rating 4 out of 5]

Best of the bunch by far, so far.

[A · Rating 3 out of 5]

Pretty good

[Trena Gonzalez · Rating 5 out of 5]

I am loving reading this series with my 7 year old! I can't wait for the next one! This series is proving to be an excellent safe way to introduce my daughter to adventure stories. She is hooked!

[PottWab Regional Library]

A

[P · Rating 5 out of 5]

Did you touch a tall flower? If you did and got sprayed with sparkles you need to get placed in the healing pond!
❤️phoebe!😍

[Jacklyn (ReadingBliss) · Rating 5 out of 5]

Book clubbing it with my 9 year old son. These really are perfect for the targeted audience. Creative and simple for a nice introduction into the genre and nurturing the love of reading.

[Josephine]

😀

[Megan Hallett · Rating 5 out of 5]

My son is very curious to see if claw is actually claw or if its thorn pretending to be someone else.

[Mary T · Rating 4 out of 5]

Starting to blur together a bit but we still enjoy the series.

[Alison · Rating 3 out of 5]

This series is very mediocre. My 3rd grader is into it though, so that counts for a lot.