Rubina
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Iain Reading:
Hi Iain, Read your book Dragon of the Month Club. I have one question. When you have let go of your imagination throughout the book, why was the magical book called The Book? I found it very interesting that you would withhold your imagination here and let go of it through out the novel. Review coming up soon. And thanks for writing it. My 8 year old just loved it.
Iain Reading
Hi Rubina!
First of all, thank you so incredibly much for your question and for you and your 8 year old reading the Dragon of the Month Club book. I'm really excited to hear what you think when you write your review.
Your question is a good one. I guess the answer would be that I was trying to have Ayana and Tyler speak reverently of the book as something that changed their lives forever. It was such an enormous and huge event for them that the only name they could give it was: THE BOOK. (Capitalised like that, of course, because it was such a major event in their lives.) I suppose you could argue that the "proper" name of the book itself was actually "how to conjure your very own dragon in six easy steps" but that is kind of a long title and sort of weird so it isn't as starkly impressive as simply THE BOOK, neither does it convey the same sense of momentous change that Ayana and Tyler experienced. To them it would always be THE BOOK and in their heads they would always imagine that name written in giant stone letters on top of a hill like some kind of monument.
I hope this answers your question. Thank you again for asking it. It's always good for you to make me think about things I've written.
First of all, thank you so incredibly much for your question and for you and your 8 year old reading the Dragon of the Month Club book. I'm really excited to hear what you think when you write your review.
Your question is a good one. I guess the answer would be that I was trying to have Ayana and Tyler speak reverently of the book as something that changed their lives forever. It was such an enormous and huge event for them that the only name they could give it was: THE BOOK. (Capitalised like that, of course, because it was such a major event in their lives.) I suppose you could argue that the "proper" name of the book itself was actually "how to conjure your very own dragon in six easy steps" but that is kind of a long title and sort of weird so it isn't as starkly impressive as simply THE BOOK, neither does it convey the same sense of momentous change that Ayana and Tyler experienced. To them it would always be THE BOOK and in their heads they would always imagine that name written in giant stone letters on top of a hill like some kind of monument.
I hope this answers your question. Thank you again for asking it. It's always good for you to make me think about things I've written.
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Linda
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Iain Reading:
First I want to say that I enjoyed your first two Kitty Hawk books and just ordered #3. Also, several of my adult friends ordered your books because of my recommendation. There is an incredible amount of research in the two books that I've read. Do you personally visit these places? Linda B.
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