The Search for the Red Dragon, 2

'The Crusade has begun'...

There's an old myth in the Archipelago, he went on softly, shaking his head. A legend, really...I recall it mentioned a Crusade, but those events happened seven centuries ago. We always thought it was only a story.

It has been nine years since John, Jack, and Charles had their great adventure in the Archipelago of Dreams and became the Caretakers of the Imaginarium Geographica. Now they have been brought together again to solve a mystery: Someone is kidnapping the children of the Archipelago. And their only clue is a mysterious message delivered by a strange girl with artificial wings: The Crusade has begun. Worse, they discover that all of the legendary Dragonships have disappeared as well.

The only chance they have to save the world from a centuries-old plot is to seek out the last of the Dragonships -- the Red Dragon -- in a spectacular journey that takes them from Sir James Barrie's Kensington Gardens to the Underneath of the Greek Titans of myth. With friends both familiar and new, they will travel through an extraordinary landscape where history, myth, and fable blend together to tell the oldest story in the world. And along the way, the Caretakers of the Geographica will discover that great deeds alone do not make heroes, and that growing up may be unavoidable...but growing old doesn't have to be.

Author: James A. Owen
Publisher: Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers
Published: 01/01/2008
Pages: 384
Binding Type: Hardcover
Weight: 1.65lbs
Size: 9.22h x 6.36w x 1.46d
ISBN: 9781416948506
Audience: Young Adult

Accelerated Reader:
Reading Level: 6
Point Value: 14
Interest Level: Middle Grade
Quiz #/Name: 120148 / Search for the Red Dragon


Review Citation(s):
Kirkus Review - Children 11/15/2007 pg. 1203
Voice of Youth Advocates 12/01/2007 pg. 451 - Recommended - Hard To Beat
PW Notes and Reprints 01/17/2008 pg. 59
School Library Journal 02/01/2008 pg. 124
Booklist 04/15/2008 pg. 41
Hornbook Guide to Children 10/01/2008 pg. 376 - Recommended, Satisfactory
Hornbook Guide to Children 07/01/2008 pg. 376 - Recommended, Satisfactory

About the Author
Owen, James A.: - James A. Owen is the author of the Chronicles of the Imaginarium Geographica series, the creator of the critically acclaimed Starchild graphic novel series, and the author of the Mythworld series of novels. He is also founder and executive director of Coppervale International, a comic book company that also publishes magazines and develops and produces television and film projects. He lives in Arizona. Visit him at HereThereBeDragons.net.