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New Books on My Bookshelf: Week of 6 February 2011

Books I Bought

The Last Lobo by Roland Smith

This is the latest book about Jacob Lansa (featured in Thunder Cave and Jaguar).  He travels back his birth place, the Hopi reservation, and gets embroiled in a dispute over a lobo (a Mexican wolf) that some believe is a spirit and others believe is real.  Believing that it’s real, Jacob sets out to trap the wolf so that he can take it some place safe before it gets killed

Dragon Dawn by Carole Wilkinson

This prequel to the Dragon Keeper trilogy is set in 282 B. C.  Danzi’s dragonkeeper has died so the relatively young dragon (He’s only 1,000 years old!) wanders the mountains and forests of China alone.  In his travels, he finds a cunning trickster named Bingwen.  Danzi tries to avoid this liar, but the dragon’s destiny seems to be tied to Bingwen. 

The trilogy titles are: Dragon Keeper; Garden of the Purple Dawn; Dragon Moon.

On the Kindle

Next Spring an Oriole by Gloria Whelan

Sequel to Night of the Full Moon

In 1837, ten-year-old Libby Mitchell travels with her family by wagon train from Virginia to Michigan.  The journey takes two months because the wagons only move at a speed of two-miles per hour.  In the end, the Mitchells settle near friendly Potawatomi Indians and other pioneers.


On the Edge of the Dark Sea

Wingfeather Saga Book 1 by Andrew Peterson

In book one, Leeli, Tink, and Janner Igiby find a map that leads them on an adventure to the land of Scree.  They hope to find the father they don’t know and a treasure that many desire.  Once in Scree, they arouse the wrath of the Fangs of Dang, venomous lizards that have the Igiby siblings running for their lives.

North! Or Be Eaten

Wingfeather Saga Book 2 by Andrew Peterson

In book two, Janner, Leeli, and Tink discover that they are the Lost Jewels of Anniera.  With their lives in danger, they seek refuge in the Ice Prairies hoping that the Fangs of Dang can’t follow.  On the way, they must fight off monsters in Glipwood Forest, murderous thieves at East Bend, and the awful Fork Factory.

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The Last Lobo
Dragon Dawn. Carole Wilkinson (Dragonkeeper Prequel)

Next Spring An Oriole (Stepping Stone, paper)

On the Edge of the Dark Sea of Darkness: Adventure. Peril. Lost Jewels. And the Fearsome Toothy Cows of Skree. (The Wingfeather Saga)

North! Or Be Eaten: Wild escapes. A desperate journey. And the ghastly Fangs of Dang. (The Wingfeather Saga)