The flame of the dragon by Tommy Donbavand
Scream Street, No. 13. Walker Books, 2011
(Age: 8-10) Scream Street is a fun and slightly creepy
series of novels for primary aged children who want something fast
paced and scary.
The Flame of the Dragon continues the adventures of three
young friends from Scream Street, Luke, who transforms into a
werewolf, Resus a vampire wannabe, and Cleo a mummy. Scream Street
is where all the alternative 'people' live and there is a wide range
of creatures and life forms, one of my favourite being the laid back
zombie, Doug who refers to everyone as 'dude'.
All three children have been on a quest throughout the past 12 books
to collect 6 relics and this is their final mission. Even in Scream
Street there are good and bad guys and our three adventurers are
banished to the Underlands by Acrid Belcher, the evil head of
G.H.O.U.L. They must travel to China and face an angry dragon before
they can return home.
I have also read the first in this series and have found both books
to be light hearted fun, full of action, squeamish descriptions and
ghoulish jokes. Author Tommy Donbavand does not take himself
seriously as you will discover when you search You Tube for his many
self made book trailers ( i.e. book
trailer #1 ).
Students at my school love them and the whole series is heavily
reserved. Good fun for 8 to 10 year olds.
Jane Moore