Raising Dragons
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*Modern fantasy novel that inspires young people to pursue faith, courage, and love, to dig deep within to find their God-given strengths no matter how difficult the circumstances.*
A boy learns of his dragon past; a girl has known hers for years. They combine their faith, courage, and love to overcome an evil slayer who seeks to bring an end to dragon heritage, forever.
The kids at school call Billy "Dragon Breath" for good reason. His breath is bad! It isn't the normal, morning-mouth bad; it's the hot-as-fire, "don't-you-dare-get-near-me" bad. Trouble erupts when his hot breath sets off the fire sprinklers in the boys' restroom in school, and his parents learn that they've kept their secret for too long.
Billy finally discovers the secret. His father was once a dragon! Now that's a piece of news a guy doesn't deal with every day! Billy feels betrayed, alien, lost. When the dragon slayer traps him on a cold mountaintop in West Virginia, Billy learns to battle with weapons of steel and spirit while relying on a power he doesn't understand, a power that helps him learn to trust again.
Bonnie, an orphan, tries to find a home, someone to love her, even though she feels like a freak because of a body feature that she calls a deformity. But this unusual feature becomes a life-saving attribute as she discovers that her love for others and her faith in a creator hold the answers she's looking for.
*Note:* Reviewers at Goodreads have commented that the series gets better as you go, and is worth sticking with.
Series
1 primary bookDragons in Our Midst is a 1-book series first released in 2004 with contributions by Bryan Davis.
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This book was given to me by a friend many years ago and I never picked it up until recently. I thought Sunday school stopped being fun when they got rid of arts and crafts and looking at the copyright date, this book was sadly not in existence when that event occurred in my life. Had it been, I might have enjoyed it more, as it was an easy read with its Christian values not too overwhelming.
If your child enjoys fantasy, dragons, and reading and you want to put some chivalry into their life, this is the book for you. The Christian themes are a firm part of the storyline but considering the times of knights and dragons, it is easy to keep it from being overwhelming. It also covers loss in a way that lets you appreciate how life can be horrible but can improve even from a young age.
I will not be continuing the series, as I am far from its target age. However, I hope I have made it clear my reluctance shouldn't keep you from trying the whole series.
