Drake, Bo, and Opeli seek the help of a powerful Sea Dragon in the latest adventure in this action-packed, New York Times bestselling series!
Pick a book. Grow a Reader!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!The evil wizard Astrid is ready to cast her dangerous False Life spell! To undo the spell, Drake and the other Dragon Masters will need the help of three special dragons -- including a Sea Dragon. So Drake, Bo, and Opeli travel to the island of Kapua to find one. But the Dragon Masters have stolen something from Astrid... And Astrid will battle them to get it back!Matt Loveridge's exciting black-and-white illustrations bring the action to life in this thrilling series!
Tracey West is the New York Times bestselling author of Dragon Masters, a series in the Scholastic Branches line. She has written more than 400 books for kids, including the Pixie Tricks series and the Underdogs series with Kyla May.
Some readers also know Tracey for writing books based on animation such as Pokémon and LEGO Ninjago.
She currently lives in the western Catskills of New York with her husband, Bill; their adopted dogs; and a whole mess of chickens.
All I do is work hard at my 9-5 and read books for 6 year olds. Thank you friends for peer pressuring me into getting back to my Dragon Masters habit lol
I give this 5 stars because I really liked that they brought the main bad guy for a big fight, and there was a massive wave. I can't believe that I'm already this far in the series.
I liked that we found an actually massive dragon and that this new dragon master called himself a dragon "friend" instead of master. This one was okay. I kind of like that she made a bigger problem to solve over multiple books, but it also kind of just feels like a scheme to write more books... which it obviously is. The books are definitely feeling more and more formulaic where Drake just gets to go on all of the adventures because Worm can teleport. It was interesting to see a limit to Worm's abilities and the need to "recharge" and rest after using tons of his magic. Worm can do A LOT of stuff but apparently they can get worn out.
My 6-year-old brought this book home from her school library and we read it together. Fun fact: This is not a series where you can jump around and read the books out of order. I was very seriously lacking context. I couldn't more or less put it together, but I definitely felt lacking for not having read the previous 18 volumes. My child, however, didn't seem terribly bothered.
In this book they meet Tani the sea dragon and her dragon master Manawa. Originally I thought this one was based on a place like Samoa, but now I think maybe New Zealand because the character names are Maori.
Why Worm agreed to Drake’s insane plan, is a mystery. I liked the idea of the shadow bush. Good illustrations. I like that Worm isn’t as invincible as he’s seemed for so long. And that the sea dragon thinks the others are babies are just too cute!
My 6 year old loves this series. The quarrel between the lava dragon and the sea dragon is interesting. I think it should explain their past better. Maybe a spin-off? There seems to be a good story with these 2 dragons.
This story ends on a cliffhanger so be sure to pre-order Book 20 Howl of the Wind Dragon to see how Drake and his friends defeat the evil wizard Astrid.
My library is out of these now, but I enjoyed every one that it had. If I had a child to share them with, I'd definitely want to read this series with them.
Lovely dragon adventure with beautiful illustrations to go with the story. I am reading some elementary/middle grade school books to find some that will interest my great niece.
The character names in this series can be a bit hard for kids to pronounce but it holds my son’s attention and he loves reading these. Really like the different Branches books