| Dragon of the Lost Sea Contributor(s): Yep, Laurence (Author) |
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ISBN: 0064402274 ISBN-13: 9780064402279 Publisher: HarperCollins OUR PRICE: $7.59 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: June 1988 Annotation: Centuries of wandering have taught the exiled dragon princess Shimmer that humans are beneath her notice. But she allows young Thorn to join her in the search for the evil witch Civet--and the quest to restore her dragon clan's lost home. By the Newbery Honor-winning author of Dragonwings. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Juvenile Fiction | Action & Adventure - General - Juvenile Fiction | Fairy Tales & Folklore - Country & Ethnic - General - Juvenile Fiction | People & Places - United States - Asian American |
| Dewey: FIC |
| LCCN: 81048644 |
| Lexile Measure: 830 |
| Series: Dragon Series |
| Physical Information: 0.6" H x 5" W x 7.5" (0.40 lbs) 224 pages |
| Themes: - Ethnic Orientation - Asian |
| Accelerated Reader Info |
| Quiz #: 7041 Reading Level: 5.8 Interest Level: Middle Grades Point Value: 6.0 |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: The outlawed princess of the Dragon Clan and her young human companion undergo fearsome trials in their quest for an evil enchantress. 'Dramatic tension stays high. Weaves Chinese legend into an exciting tapestry of myth and folklore.' --BL. Notable Children's Books of 1982 (ALA) |
Contributor Bio(s): Yep, Laurence: - Laurence Yep is the acclaimed author of more than sixty books for young people and a winner of the Laura Ingalls Wilder Award. His illustrious list of novels includes the Newbery Honor Books Dragonwings and Dragon's Gate; The Earth Dragon Awakes: The San Francisco Earthquake of 1906, a Texas Bluebonnet Award nominee; and The Dragon's Child: A Story of Angel Island, which he cowrote with his niece, Dr. Kathleen S. Yep, and was named a New York Public Library's "One Hundred Titles for Reading and Sharing" and a Bank Street College of Education Best Children's Book. Mr. Yep grew up in San Francisco, where he was born. He attended Marquette University, graduated from the University of California at Santa Cruz, and received his PhD from the State University of New York at Buffalo. He lives in Pacific Grove, California, with his wife, the writer Joanne Ryder. |