Dragon Cauldron

by Laurence Yep

Book Overview

Will the Dragon Homeland be Restored? Monkey tells the tale as he joins the dragon princess Shimmer, and, along with two feisty humans, they embark on a mission to recover the dragon homeland. It has... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 006440398X
• ISBN13: 9780064403986
• Release Date: March 1994
• Publisher: HarperCollins Publishers
• Length: 320 Pages
• Weight: 0.73 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 5.1" x 7.6"
• Age Range: 13 years and up
• Grade Range: Grade 8 and higher

Customer Reviews

3rd book out of a great series....

The 3rd book out of a great series thata started with "Dragon of the Lost Sea", and "Dragon Steel". It uses a famous chinese character called monkey,(from "Journey to the West" {an 100-chapter book written during the chinese dynasty. *rare!*)Wise-cracking, witty, and unpredictable monkey tells the story from his point of view. Great fun, a good storybook to cuddle up with. I recommend reading the first book first to understand what is going on.

Good book

This was an extremely good book. it was a fantasy, but it had a little human touch to it. For example, two of the main characters, a monkey and a dragon, constantly tease each other. The author is very skilled, making even a monkey seem wise and dignified. The storyline is a bit overwrought, relying wholly on constant action rather than suspense. However, many people enjoy that more. All in all, I would say that it was better than a similiar book, Dragon of the Lost Sea, which happens to be by the same author. The books even have the same characters. Dragon Cauldron, however, used the mystery of magic to the better advantage of the story. This adds more fantasy to the sroryline, but it also makes parts of the book extremely confusing. In all, it was one of the best fantasies I have ever read.

Dragon Cauldron

Dragon Cauldron The main characters of the book are five companions, a dragon princess named Shimmer, a monkey called Monkey, a former servant boy called Thorn, the girl with blue spikes know as Indigo, and a witch stripped of her powers, Civet. Together they stride to restore the Inland Sea to its rightful place after Civet in vain moved all the water to flood and destroy a powerful city. In the previous books (Dragon of the Lost Sea and Dragon Steal,) the companions stole King Sambar's magic cauldron. While being chased through the sea, Shimmer accidentally cracks the cauldron on a rock. The book opens in the Green Darkness, a great forest that runs for miles upon miles. Together the companions trek across the land in search of the Smith and the Snail Woman, the only people who can possibly fix the magic bowl. The Smith and the Snail Woman live in a magic volcano that can be transported. They are also the last of the great masters still living in the present world. In the process, they inadvertently release the greatest evil the world has ever seen, the Boneless King and his faithful sidekick, Snowgoose. According to Civet's prophecies, two of the characters must make the ultimate sacrifice, and the whole world will bow to Thorn.

Incredible!

Laurance Yep always writes great books, but this time he surpasses himself! 'Dragon Cauldron is the third book in one of my favorite series, and, even more so than the two previous books, leaves me begging for more. Excuse me, I need to buy the next book in the series ('Dragon War').

The best book I ever read!

I read this book and I thought it was super! I read Dragon Cauldron and it's sequels and it's prequels! They are very good books! I would suggest them to all readers between the ages of 11 and 16! I have never read a better book! It was great! I would love to own this book and it's prequels and sequels, too! They are all great! I absolutly give this book on a scale of 1-10 I give it an 11! It was so good I couldn't put it down! I also read the book Dragon Gate. It, too, was a great book and I suggest it, too, all readers between 11 and 16! They are all great books and after reading them I decided Laurence Yep was my favorite author ever!