Things going wrong add to the a reader's excitement, all while an environmental string weaves through the story - The ocean environment has been spoiled for financial gain of a few. Loving the sprayed edge ♥️ - it’s certainly one that if you like the sound of the plot (or know a kid who does! Anil was also fab as the third member of the team, trying to fit in to the group despite Zoey's resistance, and I loved his firm belief in himself.

The sea creatures near Haven Bay are acting very strangely, attacking boats, and Alex senses some dark power is controlling them. In each book, we see him embark on a new adventure with his found family, made up of his tech-genius best friend Zoey, legend-lover Anil, a sharp-shooting octopus, four acrobatic otters and a thieving seagull. Do tego jest jeszcze Anil ich wspólny kolega z niereformowalną mewą, która składa mu dary z ukradzionego jedzenia w zamian za wcześniejsze uratowanie życia. Our Adult Fiction Books, Range includes Classics Novels, Comic Books, Crime, Thriller, Mystery Novels, General Fiction, Horror, Romance, Science Fiction and War.This is a dangerous message to be portraying to children; instead of remembering the good and the bad, and having the mental capacity to differentiate and identify the two, let's just leave out the bad all together. He's also seen doing this one more time before later on he appears scared of entering an underground water tunnel because there is a high chance he might drown. Apparently the author didn't think so, certainly not the characters, because at the end they come and defecate on this tradition by creating a 'new' tradition for the following month by saying they had been remembering a bad guy and that it should be the Water Dragon they need to be thankful for. From saving imprisoned water dragons, being attacked by pirates in a ship made of rubbish all the way to stopping deadly parasites, each book holds some sort of danger to stop from leading to destruction. The otters were just adorable, the thieving seagull was very amusing, and Kraken the blue octopus was just wonderful!

Some of the banter veers into childishness, but given that the characters are that particular age, it is more than appropriate. Another thing was that in quite a few places the grammar wasn't quite up to speed where a wrong word was used, jarring the sentence and flow of the paragraph or speech. There’s also purple foiling on the cover of all editions 💜 and the both the internal illustrations and cover were by George Ermos – and I can’t believe I missed the map until I was looking for the illustrator name! Sarah Driver, author of The Huntress trilogy Meet Alex Neptune, the boy with the power of the ocean in his hands - a brand-new hero for fans of Percy Jackson and Dragon Realm!I believe not one but TWO sequels are due in 2023, and I will be greatly looking forward to giving them a read! The character cast was also surprisingly not annoying or hatable (which is becoming more of a plus nowadays). I’m not sure I connected with the characters, but equally need to remember it’s a young adult/children’s book. I was absolutely howling with laughter at some parts of this as the sense of humour is just so on point, which I was kind of expecting, to be honest, given that David is hilarious on Twitter! Having worked as a freelance games journalist and taught on a BA Creative Writing course for three years, David Owen's debut novel, Panther, was longlisted for the Carnegie Medal, and was followed by three further highly acclaimed YA novels.

We don’t share your credit card details with third-party sellers, and we don’t sell your information to others. Alex Neptume is a boy who lives in a seaside town, rather inconveniently seeing as the sea has been trying to kill him since he was a small child. Much of this lies in the rich local legends, about a pirate and a dragon and their battle across the bay. Other ones included misogyny, nepotism, political corruption, disdain of elitists, and friend jealousy.It also carries a strong environmental message which is delivered excellently throughout the adventure. He knows he can BREATHE underwater and that there is no risk of drowning, yet it is built up as this massive thing, for what? For further information about your statutory rights, contact your local authority Trading Standards department or consumer advice center (for example the Citizen's Advice Bureau if you are in the UK). The 103 third parties who use cookies on this service do so for their purposes of displaying and measuring personalized ads, generating audience insights, and developing and improving products. Alex is a simplified and more linear interpretation of the Curule stool, a cross-legged design from Ancient Rome.

This is a great story and message for children cleverly mixed together in a funny and interesting way! The follow-up to former Waterstones Children's Book of the Month Alex Neptune, Dragon Thief finds our plucky hero and his friends determined to discover the water dragon's missing egg before a shipful of marauding pirates can lay their hands on it. It has always seemed that the ocean has been wanting to kill Alex - he, therefore prefers to keep his distance. She's just so full of attitude and opinion, and was a joy to read about, especially her art versus technology conflicts with her father. They must stop the Mayor, clean the water, prove that the age-old myths are true and save their town.

Although the story does have eco themes it isn’t at all heavy handed and the heist takes centre stage. Trading Address (Warehouse) Unit E, Vulcan Business Complex, Vulcan Road, Leicester, Leicestershire, LE5 3EB. Also the dialogue between the two during the climax was laughably bad, Like c'mon David I know you can do better than that. First of all I have been following David’s work for years and I am so happy that he has tried his hand at children’s/MG as well as YA - and that this book looks to be blowing up in a good way!