Published Information
| Author: | Obert Skye |
| Series: | Pillage #2 |
| Published: | June 2010 |
| Genre: | Fantasy |
| Pages: | 352 |
Plot Summary
It has been eight months since the dragons were released and destroyed by Beck. And while you might think causing city wide destruction might be cause to help you change, Beck still gets himself into trouble. During the first couple of chapters in the book, he successfully destroys the shop classroom by trying to inflated an earth ball that turns out to be a weather balloon in the room, and puts Kate and himself in the hospital from the injuries. Once again, everyone at school thinks he is the boy to be avoided… Including Kate's parents.
As he waits to heal, strange things start happening again: a rose plant attacks him for no apparent reason, a very white man, whom Beck nicknames Whitey, appears in the hospital and threatens him with a sword if he doesn't release the queen dragon, and a reporter from a nearby city approaches him several times trying to get him to reveal what he knows about dragons. Things aren't normal by a long shot and most adults don't believe any of it.
When he gets out of the hospital, he gets back together with Kate (after apologizing, and convincing her how sorry he is) and Wyatt and they discuss what to do about the situation. They decide to find the last dragon egg that supposedly was lost in the last book, and hatch it. The intent is to kill it once the dragon hatches, but plans never goes as expected.
Comments
I didn't like this book as much as the original. While it was still funny and fast paced, there were almost too many plot twists (literally and figuratively) to enjoy. It seems that much of the story line is contrived to enable a specific action sequence to occur. So young kids (older elementary or junior high) will still love it just as much as the first, but I would guess most others will force themselves to read it because of how good the first one was and hope the next one (the book left it wide open for a sequel, but I haven't heard anything official… not that I am really connected.) will be more original.
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