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Dragon Girl: The Secret Valley
Contributor(s): Weigel, Jeff (Author)
ISBN: 1449441831     ISBN-13: 9781449441838
Publisher: Andrews McMeel Publishing
OUR PRICE:   $11.04  
Product Type: Paperback
Published: March 2017
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Additional Information
BISAC Categories:
- Juvenile Fiction | Comics & Graphic Novels - General
- Juvenile Fiction | Animals - Dragons, Unicorns & Mythical
- Juvenile Fiction | Fantasy & Magic
Dewey: FIC
LCCN: 2013943302
Lexile Measure: 340
Series: Dragon Girl
Physical Information: 0.47" H x 6.03" W x 9.11" (0.62 lbs) 190 pages
Accelerated Reader Info
Quiz #: 174484
Reading Level: 2.5   Interest Level: Middle Grades   Point Value: 1.0
 
Descriptions, Reviews, Etc.
Publisher Description:

"Weigel has created a compulsively likable heroine who seamlessly blends her strength and compassion, reminiscent of Ben Hatke's Zita the Spacegirl. With lovable dragons, flying ships and danger around every corner, this delightful fantasy doesn't disappoint." --Kirkus Reviews

"A lively yarn whose only fault is that it's over too soon." --Publishers Weekly

Eleven-year-old Alanna and her older brother Hamel are orphans and doing their best to take care of each other until one day Alanna stumbles upon a cave full of dragon eggs. When the eggs hatch with no mother dragon in sight, Alanna decides to take care of the babies herself, even creating a clever costume so that the babies think she, too, is a dragon. With their large appetites and accidental fire burps, Alanna learns that dragon babies are hard work And when a mama dragon finally comes to claim the babies, Alanna's costume is so convincing that she is swept along for the ride as they journey to Dragon Rock, a mysterious magnetic force that draws dragons of all shapes and sizes to a magical, untouched valley.

Contributor Bio(s): Weigel, Jeff: - Jeff Weigel is an author, illustrator, and designer. He worked with Michael P. Spradlin to create the New York Times bestseller It's Beginning to Look a Lot Like Zombies, a book of zombie Christmas carols.A Weigel has also written his own children's books, Atomic Ace (He's Just My Dad) and Atomic Ace and the Robot Rampage in addition to his graphic novel Thunder From The Sea: Adventure on Board the HMS Defender. Weigel also created an interactive story-telling app for the iPad and makes frequent guest appearances at elementary schools to teach kids about drawing and writing.