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A worthy installment, nice perspective change.

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The second installment in Knight's Age of Fire series is a worthy addition to a good young adult literature series. Knight follows the life of the sister of the main character of the first book, Dragon Champion. Using a easy to follow storyline, Knight incorporates characters and concepts from his first book into the second. Wistala, Auron's sister, has to forge a path in a world that is prejudicial to Dragons just like her brother. She finds similar challenges and impediments, but ultimately finds enough Allies to grow and learn. This is not challenging, demanding storytelling in any sense, but just a fun easy to read book. Knight does a good job of keeping the story topic light. He doesn't get too deeply into graphic violence or other themes that are too strong for a younger reader. It's probably a 13 and up sort of book. It's fun, exciting and light enough to make for a quick rollick from a Dragon's perspective.

Great Dragon stories from the perspective of the dragons...

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I'm finishing up on the second in this series (Dragon Avenger) and so far Dragon Champion and Dragon Avenger are Great Reads. The characters have depth and are real, both fanciful and intense. The first book centered around Auron, and left me anticipating the second story, which centers around his sister, Wistala. Though their beginnings are the same, their personalities are quite unique, so we are given different perspectives of their Hatchling lives. You will not be dissappointed if you like Dragons, and I am anxious to begin Dragon Outcast. I know it will be very different from the first two books, because the Copper Dragon brother is cast in shadow and mystery. Again, great books on dragons, written in a style from their point of view. I am transported into their world. I like to be transported when I read a book!

Just as good as the first	Customer Rating:
I put off studying for my finals just to finish this book. As a 21 year old female, I'm utterly amazed that I even got started on this series, as it doesn't look like anything that I'd ever picked up before. Other reviews already gave you a bit of a summary, so the only advice that I can give is just to go ahead and try it out, you won't be displeased!

Great series for the whole family

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We love this series! My teenage son bought me the first book when it came out, and the whole family took turns reading it. This second book was just as good, and we're now reading the third. E.E. Knight is a very talented writer. He has managed not only to create a believable world, characters we empathize with, and a story that keeps you turning pages, but he manages to do it from three different perspectives! Each of the three books starts with the same scene: The hatching of a clutch of dragons in a cave, watched over by their mother. The first book views the hatching from the eyes of Auron, the gray hatchling, as he fights for supremacy amongst his brothers. This second book, though starting with the same scene, is told from the perpective of one of the female hatchlings, Wistala. The third comes from an entirely different point of view, that of the outcast copper hatchling. From that scene, each book diverges, following its character through the trials and tribulations of their growth. The imagery is potent, and at times brutal, as one would imagine it would be when following such a creature's life. The world of the dragons slowly unfolds through the three books and leaves us begging for more. We only hope there will be more books to come in this series from this talented author.

Young Adult Dragon Fiction

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Dragon Avenger is the story of Wistala, the sister to Auron from Dragon Champion. It's the story of how she gets revenge upon the Dwarves who killed her parents. Wistala's tale starts in the eggshell, and covers events shown in the first book from a fresh perspective. Wistala finds her wounded father, cavorts with beasts for a few chapters (a la Tailchaser's Song), and then is saved and adopted by an older male elf. She grows, helps out her adoptive father, and at his urging, joins a traveling circus to safely see the larger world. Around this point only a few chapters are left in the book, and the story of Wistala's vengeance is wrapped up in a neat little package, thanks to stereotypical power-mad kings. I found the humanoid characters acted like typical fantasy archetypes, though the visual description of the troll (which acted like average stupid fantasy trolls do) was inspired. Overall, not a challenging book for an adult reader. More like something I'd give to a twelve year old. If you want dragon tales for a lazy afternoon, you'll like it.