AMAZON #1 NEW RELEASE in Children's Multicultural Literature.
The day fire and ice erupt from the sky, everything changes forever for twelve-year-old Theo. He discovers that dragons are real when Lamia, a three-headed monster, kidnaps his sister. A witch and a talking magpie help him open the portal to Dragon Village, a land he knows only from myth, a place filled with terrifying creatures. A young woodland nymph befriends him when he arrives. He must learn to trust his instincts as he searches for a way to defeat Lamia before the dragon sacrifices his sister. In his journey, he uncovers secrets that reveal that only he can save the mystical land.
In this book, you will discover some of the terrifying creatures from Bulgarian and Slavic mythology. Some you may know by other names: Samodivi are Veelas from Harry Potter fame, only here they're shown as supernatural creatures of the forest.
Baba Yaga, Harpies, and other creatures find their way into these pages, as well as the dreaded Lamia.
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Review
Reviewed By Sarah Stuart for Readers' Favorite
Theo is an ordinary twelve-year-old boy, teasing his twinsister, Nia, and fooling with his best friend, a nerd who makes Theowings, unsuccessfully. The only oddity in his past is that his fatherdrowned on the day he was born, and there are strange stories about why. Tales of witches and Dragon Village are only myths, aren't they?Perhaps. The Unborn Hero of Dragon Village by Ronesa Aveela mirrors much of Slavic mythology. But when Nia is kidnapped by the wicked Lamia, and a witch and a magpie guide Theo through the portal to Dragon Village,he realizes the truth. He, his father's son, is the unborn hero taskedwith defeating Lamia and returning happiness to the land she holds inthrall. Does he have the skill to shoot her three souls with a silverarrow?
The striking thing about The Unborn Hero of Dragon Village is RonesaAveela's talent for character description - the good, the bad, and theugly when beauty rarely equals good or ugly necessarily bad - and herincredible settings. "'Tree' didn't do justice to what stood beforethem. Silver heart-shaped leaves clustered on the branches. In theirmidst sat a bird with wings like flames, gold burnishing the edges."And, "Kosara's last words were nothing more than a whisper, a gentletouch tickling his ears. They faded with the setting of the sun."Reading The Unborn Hero of Dragon Village is like watching a movierunning in your head - drama and movement in every tiny, carefully andcleverly integrated detail. Utterly brilliant and highly recommended.
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AMAZON #1 NEW RELEASE in Children's Multicultural Literature.
The day fire and ice erupt from the sky, everything changes forever for twelve-year-old Theo. He discovers that dragons are real when Lamia, a three-headed monster, kidnaps his sister. A witch and a talking magpie help him open the portal to Dragon Village, a land he knows only from myth, a place filled with terrifying creatures. A young woodland nymph befriends him when he arrives. He must learn to trust his instincts as he searches for a way to defeat Lamia before the dragon sacrifices his sister. In his journey, he uncovers secrets that reveal that only he can save the mystical land.
In this book, you will discover some of the terrifying creatures from Bulgarian and Slavic mythology. Some you may know by other names: Samodivi are Veelas from Harry Potter fame, only here they're shown as supernatural creatures of the forest.
Baba Yaga, Harpies, and other creatures find their way into these pages, as well as the dreaded Lamia. **
Review
Reviewed By Sarah Stuart for Readers' Favorite
Theo is an ordinary twelve-year-old boy, teasing his twinsister, Nia, and fooling with his best friend, a nerd who makes Theowings, unsuccessfully. The only oddity in his past is that his fatherdrowned on the day he was born, and there are strange stories about why. Tales of witches and Dragon Village are only myths, aren't they?Perhaps. The Unborn Hero of Dragon Village by Ronesa Aveela mirrors much of Slavic mythology. But when Nia is kidnapped by the wicked Lamia, and a witch and a magpie guide Theo through the portal to Dragon Village,he realizes the truth. He, his father's son, is the unborn hero taskedwith defeating Lamia and returning happiness to the land she holds inthrall. Does he have the skill to shoot her three souls with a silverarrow?
The striking thing about The Unborn Hero of Dragon Village is RonesaAveela's talent for character description - the good, the bad, and theugly when beauty rarely equals good or ugly necessarily bad - and herincredible settings. "'Tree' didn't do justice to what stood beforethem. Silver heart-shaped leaves clustered on the branches. In theirmidst sat a bird with wings like flames, gold burnishing the edges."And, "Kosara's last words were nothing more than a whisper, a gentletouch tickling his ears. They faded with the setting of the sun."Reading The Unborn Hero of Dragon Village is like watching a movierunning in your head - drama and movement in every tiny, carefully andcleverly integrated detail. Utterly brilliant and highly recommended.