I was a little worried about this category, because I tend to read a lot of funny books, and also nonfiction books. And I'm not about to go read The Fault in Our Stars, because I don't want to cry that much!
Anyhow, this one caught me off guard. Prairie Fire is the sequel to The Story of Owen: Dragon Slayer of Trondheim - which was so good I wanted to read the follow up. So I did. And I cried.
These books are hard to explain - they're alternate history, in which dragons exist in the world and frequently attack human settlements for the carbon they so love to eat. And since there are dragons, there are dragon slayers - a strong tradition in this tale that takes place in modern times. Bah. I can't do this book justice and will just blather on if I try to write more about it. I highly recommend the pair.l
If needed, The Story of Owen fits the "takes place in a high school" category, and both of them fit the "non-human character" category.
Anyhow, this one caught me off guard. Prairie Fire is the sequel to The Story of Owen: Dragon Slayer of Trondheim - which was so good I wanted to read the follow up. So I did. And I cried.
These books are hard to explain - they're alternate history, in which dragons exist in the world and frequently attack human settlements for the carbon they so love to eat. And since there are dragons, there are dragon slayers - a strong tradition in this tale that takes place in modern times. Bah. I can't do this book justice and will just blather on if I try to write more about it. I highly recommend the pair.l
If needed, The Story of Owen fits the "takes place in a high school" category, and both of them fit the "non-human character" category.