Product Description

Flying cities, hidden palaces and magical ocesn storms - Droon is full o secrets. This volume includes: #1 The Hidden Stairs and the Magic Carpet, #2 Journey to the Volcano Palace, #3 The Mysterious Island, #4 City in the Clouds

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #2208619 in Books
• Published on: 2005
• Binding: Paperback

Customer Reviews

Rave Reviews from My Kids! - a review of Droon #1
I wasn't particularly "taken" with this story, but my six year old son, 8 year old daughter, and my husband thought it was very good. [Thus the 4-Star rating]

The story is one about basement cleaning, a hidden staircase that leads to a mysterious world...(and you probably derive the rest of the plot from that little bit :) The magical world is Droon, and there are three children that fall into it. There they meet a princess, a bad guy named Sparr, a good wizard named Galen, and a host of magical creatures that tend to have more appendages than one normally finds in our own world.

The book made a good Read-Aloud, especially if you took the short sentences and ran them together. For children reading the book for themselves, the short sentences are, of course, an asset, so I wouldn't mark it down for that.

As for the reading level, this is one of the few books that I have found that have different AR (accelerated reading listings) listings. Generally though, it was said to be at the entering 3rd Grade level (3.0).

Given my own children's reactions, I would say give this series a try if they like adventure and mythical creatures. There is little in the way of violence or any objectionable material, unless you adverse to introducing the notion of "magic" to your children. As it is a series, it's a good way to promote further reading. We finished it tonight and my own crew are already talking about an excursion to acquire volume 2 tomorrow.

Pam T~
mom and reviewer for www.BooksForKids-Reviews