Dragon Moon

by Carole Wilkinson

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Ancient China. Han Dynasty. Ping and Kai have travelled far, but their journey is not yet over. Danger stalks them. Ping must find Kai a safe place. But how?

When a hidden message from Danzi makes the way clear, Ping knows that once again the journey of a thousand li begins with a single step.

The triumphant conclusion to the multi-award-winning Dragonkeeper trilogy.

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Shortlisted
Book of the Year (Younger Readers), 2008 Children’s Book Council of Australia Awards

Shortlisted
Patricia Wrightson Award, 2008 NSW Premier's Literary Awards

Shortlisted
Book of the Year for Older Children, 2008 Australian Publishers Association Australian Book Industry Awards

Shortlisted
Best Children's Book, 2007 Aurealis Awards

Reviews

Australian author Carole Wilkinson is a gifted writer with the ability to seamlessly interweave historical fact and dragon fantasy.

— Buzz Words

Dragon Moon forms a fitting and thoroughly satisfying finale to the splendid Dragonkeeper trilogy

— Katherine England, Adelaide Advertiser

Step back into the magical times of the Han Dynasty in Ancient China for this mind-blowing finale to the Dragonkeeper fantasy trilogy! This time ’round, Ping and her dragon Kai have fled from the emperor with Princess Yangxin, but Kai is far from safe. Following a map, they set off on their last adventure together. You’ll be gnawing your fingernails ‘til the end!

— Disney Adventures

With its witty dialogue, admirable heroine and tense action this is good old-fashioned storytelling set against turbulent times in old China. Recommended.

— Helen Purdie, Magpies

Third and final instalment in the Dragonkeeper trilogy. After their travels in ancient China during the Han dynasty, Ping has to find her dragon Kai a safe home. Wilkinson’s series has been translated into 11 languages and more than 100,000 copies have been sold around the world.

— Herald-Sun Weekend

In the finale of the Dragonkeeper trilogy, Ping leaves Beibei Palace to return Danzi’s son to a place where dragons are safe from humans. But their journey isn’t easy and they cross paths with old and new enemies. This novel is an enlightening and sensitive end to the trilogy and is as beautifully written as the first two novels.

— Miriam DiNapoli, Readings Monthly

Carole Wilkinson’s Dragonkeeper trology is elevated to the rank of epic with its conclusion Dragon Moon... The simplicity of Wilkinson’s prose veils sophisticated layers of meaning that linger long after the plot is worked through and the book is set (reluctantly) down... It is the jingling sound of Kai’s laughter, however, that I will never forget — Wilkinsons’s exhilarating imaginative flourishes that made me fall in love with Dragon Moon.

— Bookseller+Publisher

The simplicity of Wilkinson’s prose veils sophisticated layers of meaning that linger long after the plot is worked through and the book is set (reluctantly) down.

— Bookseller & Publisher

Carole Wilkinson takes us back to ancient China to conclude her award-winning Dragonkeeper trilogy with Dragon Moon... Against a background of drought and famine, Ping and Kal follow the Great Wall westwards to the dragon haven, facing all manner of enemies. Ping is a suitably plucky heroine, but it is Wilkinson’s evocative recreation of the Han era that is the real star of this excellent historical fantasy novel.

— Gia Metherell, Canberra Times

As I neared the end of Dragon Moon I slowed down, not wanting to end my time in the company of Ping, Kai and the wild dragons.

— Sharon Hayes, Fiction Focus