Dragon Moon
by Carole Wilkinson

Awards

Winner
Book of the Year (Younger Readers)
2008 CBCA Awards

Shortlisted
Patricia Wrightson Award
2008 NSW Premier's Literary Awards

Shortlisted
Book of the Year for Older Children
2008 APA Australian Book Industry Awards

Winner
Fiction for Years 7-9
2008 COOL (Canberra’s Own Outstanding List) Awards

Winner
Fiction for Years 7-9
2008 KROC (Kids Reading Oz Choice) Awards

Shortlisted
Best Children's Book
2007 Aurealis Awards


Cover of Dragon Moon

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.


  • Middle fiction
  • Paperback 352pp
  • ISBN 9781742030616
  • World ex ANZ, Denmark, France, Germany, Indonesia, Spain, Swededn, UK & US rights available

Reviews

An enchanting conclusion to the Dragonkeeper series... simultaneously heart-wrenching and heart-warming. Beautifully crafted with stunning imagery, this final offering in the trilogy works as a stand alone, and has ageless appeal
— Children’s Book Council of Australia

...a satisfying conclusion... a wonderfully realized setting and a soupçon of romance...
— VOYA

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
— Katharine England, Adelaide Advertiser

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



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