The Dragon That Ate Summer

By Brenda Seabrooke

Book Overview

This is the first general introduction in English to Aeschylus?s Oresteia, the most important and most influential of all Greek dramas. It discusses the Greek drama festival and the social and political background of Greek tragedy, and offers a reading of this central trilogy. Dr Goldhill focuses on the play?s themes of justice, sexual politics, violence, and the position of man within culture, and explores how Aeschylus constructs a myth for the city in which he lived. A final chapter considers the influence of the Oresteia on later theater, and there is a guide to further reading.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0399221158
• ISBN13: 9780399221156
• Release Date: April 1992
• Publisher: G.P. Putnam's Sons Books for Young Readers
• Length: 110 Pages
• Weight: 0.70 lbs.
• Dimensions: 8.6" x 0.8" x 5.9"
• Age Range: 8 to 11 years
• Grade Range: Grades 3 to 6

Customer Reviews

The Dragon That Ate Summer

This book is a very good book because it really makes you feel that you are really in the story with the characters. This book is about a boy named Alastair. He found a blue baby dragon in his mother's petunia garden. Alastair called this baby dragon, 'Spike'. He takes care of Spike and hides him from his family because his sister says that she is allergic to animals so if she figures out that Alatair has a pet in the house, she will tell her parents and he would get in big trouble. The part when Alastair disguises Spike as a dog for the evening walk was kind of funny. I really recomand this book to people who likes to read fiction-dragon books.

I wish it were true!

This kid, Alastair. He broke his arm and can't go to summer camp with his friends! Bummer. So, he wandering around his backyard, and finds a little dragon in his mothers flowerbed! Talk about a stroke of luck! He doesn't tell anyone. Would you? Uh, yah, hey mom, I found a dragon eating you petunias... yeah right! Now, this dragon really keeps him busy! Eventually, he tels his friend. But will everyone else find out too? Find out! It's so good, I've read it a couple of times myself :o)

Delightful!

Often sequels are not as good as the original but THE CARE AND FEEDING OF DRAGONS is every bit as funny and enjoyable as its predecessor THE DRAGON THAT ATE SUMMER! The same cast (including the hilarious boxer, Gruesome) returns, joined this time by a teacher who is a dragon, Alastair's schoolmates, and a pair of ineffectual dragonappers. With the help of his best friend Josh, Alastair foils the dragonappers and inches toward learning to think before acting. The personality of Spike the dragon deepens - is he beginning to grow, too? This reader hopes there will be more adventures of these characters!