Wave of the Sea Dragon: A Branches Book

Dragon Masters #19

by Tracey West, Matt Loveridge (Illustrator)

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!

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

96 pages, Kindle Edition

First published July 6, 2021

About the author

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.

Reviews

[shannon ✨ · Rating 5 out of 5]

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

[Steven R. McEvoy · Rating 5 out of 5]

This series gets better and better. It has massive staying power. And in this volume we get a huge surprise! This is book 19 but we have reread a few of the volumes, making it the 29th time we have read a book in the series. As a family we eagerly await the new volumes that have been announced. And this volume returns to the illustrator Matt Loveridge. He has illustrated 4 books in this series now. Occasionally my youngest daughter will comment on a new illustrator, or switches between illustrators. She recognized Matt’s name and was very excited to see the pictures this time around. We have preordered the next 2 volumes, Howl of the Wind Dragon book 20, and Bloom of the Flower Dragon book 21. But back to this volume.

The description of this volume is:

“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!”

And we agree about the wonderful illustrations, in a great story in a fantastic series. And the new dragon is magnificent. This story picks up immediately following the previous one. And Drake for the first time does something he knows Griffith would not approve of. My daughter reads through the chapter titles before beginning, and guesses what might happen. The chapters this time are:

The Wizard in the Bubble
My Spell!
Don’t Touch the Thorns!
Keep It Safe
Manawa
Enemies, Not Friends
Astrid Attacks!
A Hard Choice
Tricker!
Fire and Water
They Won’t Listen!
Save the Village!
The Big Wave
Peace at Last?
What’s Wrong, Worm?
A Feast

That is a lot of exclamation points at the end of chapter names. But they are well deserved. What an intense book. In this story they meet Manawa who does not call himself a Dragon Master but a Dragon Friend. He also has an Ahi stone which is different in shape than most Dragon Master Stones. Drake, Bo, And Opeli have given two tasks, to hide and protect one of the ingredients Astrid needs and to find and bring back the Sea Dragon. But that might not be as easy as in the past. And when Astrid shows up things go from bad to worse. But to find out if Drake and the others can complete their tasks you will need to pick up this book and give it a read.

These books are now below my daughters reading level. She can read through them quickly and easily. But she loves the stories and characters so much she wants to keep reading them. And even goes back and rereads some of her favorites by herself. And that is one of the things I love most about this book and the series.

Another great read in a wonderful series.

[Aubrey Leger · Rating 5 out of 5]

dragons are the best!

[Shankar B. · Rating 5 out of 5]

I liked when Drake defeated Astrid, the bad guy (a girl evil wizard).

[Bronwyn]

Read to Galen on November 11, 2024.

[Linda Klinedinst · Rating 5 out of 5]

This Book is really good. I dearly love this book. I give it 5/5 Stars.

[Lorelai Didur · Rating 5 out of 5]

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.

[Sarah · Rating 3 out of 5]

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.

[Sandy · Rating 3 out of 5]

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.

[Chelsea · Rating 3 out of 5]

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.

Now to find a wind dragon!

[Ronel Janse van Vuuren · Rating 4 out of 5]

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!

[Pamela Zeiger · Rating 5 out of 5]

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.

[Ryan Miller · Rating 5 out of 5]

I love it

[Sarahs Reads ToKids]

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.

[R · Rating 5 out of 5]

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.

[Joanne · Rating 4 out of 5]

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.

[brienne · Rating 3 out of 5]

Would recommend for 1st graders.

[Noah · Rating 5 out of 5]

I think this is a 6-8/9 year old

[PottWab Regional Library]

A, SM

[Starbubbles · Rating 4 out of 5]

There was a lot of action in this one! It was loads of fun. My recording had a chapter repeated at the end. Still, i am really enjoying this series.

[Mandi · Rating 4 out of 5]

Good continuation of this series. My son continues to enjoy all the new dragons that are introduced.

[Saara Kataria · Rating 4 out of 5]

Interesting and fun to read.

[Ashlee Seelos · Rating 5 out of 5]

Tyler (6) loves this series.

[Lisa · Rating 4 out of 5]

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

[Mackenzie Janssen · Rating 3 out of 5]

Plot: ★★★☆☆

Character: ★★★☆☆

Setting: ★★★☆☆

Engagement: ★★★☆☆

Listenability: ★★★★☆

Enjoyment: ★★★☆☆

[Lizzie Jones · Rating 2 out of 5]

Read aloud with Claire and Janie. They are loving these books.

[Paxton Cabigon · Rating 3 out of 5]

It was good

[Eli · Rating 4 out of 5]

4 and 1/2 actually

[Cris · Rating 3 out of 5]

Drake and his friends seek the Sea Dragon for help!