McMullan,K. (1997). Revenge of the dragon lady.New York,NY: Bill Basso

Wow! I thoroughly enjoyed reading this Modern Fantasy chapter book. Revenge of the Dragon Lady fits into the Modern Fantasy genre in the Quest Stories category. This chapter book is set in medieval times. The things that I liked the best about this book was that it really got me involved with the book and I enjoyed reading it and would recommend it to read to young children that love fantasy books about dragons and castles.

The way that McMullan made this fantasy book seem realistic is by the way that she made it seem to be that the students where in a school for knights and that it made it appears to a reader that this was a real setting for them. The way that the author was able to use humor in the book is how she talked about nursery rhymes and how the young dragon slayer was able to kill the dragon by telling jokes. My favorite character throughout the book would have to be Wiglaf whom the dragon was searching for. The setting of this story was in a make believe school for children that where learning to be dragon slayer’s. Throughout the whole book it discussed how the boy had killed the son of Gorizil and that he was her darling boy. The dragon was in search of her son’s slayer and would do anything to catch him.
The way that this book could be used to help young readers is by showing them that as a young person never give up trying to do your best. When the boy felt that he was going to be defeated by the dragon he called upon a wizard to help him fight the dragon. This goes to show you that young people in grade school can always call upon someone to help them when in trouble.

Big Question:

1. The boy used a spell from a wizard to achieve his goal of defeating the dragon. Is this cheating or use of the brain?