I also loved the characters and the different dynamics between everyone, although if you make me pick a favourite it would Alex’s older sister who is a bodybuilder trying to prove she’s just as capable as any boy. g. fiction or poetry) or original photographs shared through this site for which I retain copyright. The balance of friendships, old and new, is brought out little by little as the situation around them morphs into something a lot more dangerous. A great book with a good balance of normal childhood life and a mythical story, a pacy plot, a humble hero, goodies and baddies, everything an 8 year old loves - and his mum too!

David Owen had a great skill for creating rounded realistic young characters in his YA fiction, a talent that has continued in this, his first book for children. I adored the animals used in this story, otters, seagulls, octopi, and other marine animals were included, and of course the wonderful water dragon featured on the cover. The adventure, humour and magic will hook all readers and I am sure would be a well-read and loved book in any classroom. Pleased to say that there is a teaser for book 2 at the end, so this is not the last outing for Alex and his friends!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. If he can’t find a way to stop it, the deadly parasite it’s carrying could spread throughout the seas. Featuring strong performances from an octopus named Kraken and a seagull named Pinch, I can heartily recommend this book. Registered address: Unit 5, Vulcan House Business Centre, Vulcan Road, Leicester, LE5 3EF, United kingdom. The legend goes that Brineblood (a pirate) wanted to capture/kill the Water Dragon but in short fails and disappears.

She definitely gave me Demelza vibes (or Data in Goonies) and it was interesting to see the art vs technology disagreement with her father. 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. A town rife with stories of the mythical Water Dragon, which had formed the bay hundreds of years ago. With as much mystery and intrigue as the ocean itself, readers will be swept away by this adventure.In The Best You, author and parenting coach Nima Patel encourages children to think about not what they want to be when they grow up, but who they. LD Lapinski, author of The Strangeworlds Travel Agency”A wonderfully pacy adventure full of imagination and jeopardy. It also carries a strong environmental message which is delivered excellently throughout the adventure.

And Owen’s trademark Twitter wit comes to play in this book too – David I hope you narrate the audiobook version!My pitch would be Percy Jackson x Free Willy x Demelza and the Spectre Detectors x Encanto x Arthur Christmas x Oceans 11 x Moana because if the vibes I got while reading. Thanks to Blue at Kalodoscopic Tours and the publisher for the gifted copy for the purposes of an honest review. 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. So, every year in August they build effigies of the pirate and models of the Water Dragon that culminate in latter reaching the safety of the water from the clutches of the pirate as they are burnt. Because the shape is so uncomplicated, the fine joinery and the beauty of the solid oak becomes even more apparent.