Bruce Coville
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| Title | : | Jeremy Thatcher, Dragon Hatcher (Magic Shop #2) |
| Author | : | Bruce Coville |
| Book Format | : | Paperback |
| Book Edition | : | First Edition |
| Pages | : | Pages: 160 pages |
| Published | : | February 28th 1992 by Aladdin/Minstrel Book (first published April 15th 1991) |
| Categories | : | Fantasy. Dragons. Childrens. Fiction. Young Adult. Middle Grade. Magic |
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If Howard Morton and Freddie the Frog Killer were trying to hold you down so that Mary Lou Hutton could kiss you, you might run as fast as Jeremy Thatcher did the day he stumbled into Mr. Elives' Magic Shop. And if you stumbled into that strange shop, you, too, might be asked to make a choice. What would you buy? The Chinese rings? The Skull of Truth? Or the dragon's egg? And if you did buy the dragon's egg, what would you do when you found out you were supposed to hatch it?Be Specific About Books Supposing Jeremy Thatcher, Dragon Hatcher (Magic Shop #2)
| Original Title: | Jeremy Thatcher, Dragon Hatcher |
| ISBN: | 0671747827 (ISBN13: 9780671747824) |
| Edition Language: | English URL http://www.brucecoville.com/books.asp?tid=170 |
| Series: | Magic Shop #2 |
| Characters: | Jeremy, Tiamat |
| Literary Awards: | Mythopoeic Fantasy Award Nominee for Children's Literature (1992), Maryland Black-Eyed Susan Book Award for Grade 4-6 (1994), Dorothy Canfield Fisher Children's Book Award Nominee (1993), California Young Readers Medal Nominee for Intermediate (1994) |
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Ratings: 4.03 From 7681 Users | 512 ReviewsColumn About Books Jeremy Thatcher, Dragon Hatcher (Magic Shop #2)
I have loved this book for as long as it has existed. It deals with remarkably mature themes, like loneliness, loss, fear, anger, unrequited love, sexual development, and premature fatherhood. I cannot recommend it highly enough.Good fantasy for 3rd-5th graders. Short. Christopher Paolini must have read this as a child before he wrote Eragon. Lots of similarities in the hatching and connection of dragon and boy. Good recommendation for young readers who aren't ready to tackle the bigness of Eragon.
I sometimes find it difficult giving an authentic rating to childrens bookthis is a perfect example. As an adult, I didnt feel especially moved by the story or (one-dimensional) characters, but as a kid, Im sure I would have been filled with awe and wonderment. My four-year old son enjoyed it, so maybe it deserves a higher rating? As an adult, I give it a solid three star, but maybe as a kid I would have rated it four.
3/31/2017 ** So...I've "sold" this book dozens of times, but I realized I'd never actually read it. What brought it to my attention this week? I bought a puppet - a Folkmanis dragon. I envision using the dragon as a mascot for my library, and maybe as a vehicle for doing author interviews and student reader interviews. Obviously, my dragon needs a name. So what do I do? Go to a wiki page of dragons in children's literature! So many choices: Norbert from Hagrid in Harry Potter, dragons from
I read this about twenty years ago, but I still remember it. It's one of the first novels that I read myself and thoroughly enjoyed.
3.5 stars Nothing you love is lost Jeremy Thatch is NOT having a good day.He gets chased by Howard and Freddie, Mary Lou tried to kiss him AND he manages to get lost in his own neighborhood.At least, the shop he's wandered into looks pretty cool. There's all sorts of dangerous and mysterious things on the shelves...including a vaguely egg-like object (but it's far bigger than any egg he's ever seen before).Jeremy buys the egg and...out pops a dragon. A real, live dragon.But soon, Jeremy learns
Readable story in which a child buys a dragon egg and hatches it, with attending difficulties. Young Jeremy, however, seems too good to be true to me, could never really quite connect with him. He's doing all the right things, but I still want to poke at him with a stick. And I feel churlish saying this about a kids' book, but the feel-good ending sort of took away from the story for me. But I get it, Jeremy made a series of good decisions and was rewarded for it, so fairness restores the
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