![]() ![]() Show moreĮllen Oh spins a rich, compelling tale of teens and tweens whose lives converge in a magical forest as they work to save their world. When all their paths converge, their lives are changed forever. Meanwhile, Micah is a strong, honorable youthful leader of a bandit tribe who's forced to help the evil prince because he's kidnapped her beloved brother. Jiho, the 14-year-old descendant of a long line of forest rangers, knows this is a really bad idea, and struggles to keep his friends on the work crew safe. He's connected to a large construction crew from a highly industrialized neighboring kingdom, which plans to industrialize the magical kingdom and cut a road through the enchanted forest. If the princess is alive, no problem, he'll just kill her too. Five years later, the whole kingdom is falling apart as her grief-stricken parents are lost to despair and unable to rule - which suits the king's evil half-brother just fine as he plans to kill them and seize the throne. Asian mythology and culture are at the forefront, as the teen/tween protagonists dream of dragons and frequent noodle shops, but characters come from many lands and have diverse life experiences that help define them.Īs THE DRAGON EGG PRINCESS opens, 5-year-old Princess Koko runs off to pursue a beautiful butterfly and soon finds herself surrounded by forest spirits who draw her deeper and deeper into magical woods, where she's lost to her parents and all who seek her. Physical separation and other issues come between parents and their kids. A character grapples with the ethical dilemma of doing something wrong to save her kidnapped, imprisoned brother. Characters are struck dead by weapons and magical spells. A number of them are soon devoured by giant insects, various species of which pop up and continue their lethal ways throughout the story. The story is set in a forest protected by powerful spirits, through which human crews with lots of industrial equipment and zero clue what they're getting into intend to cut a road. Parents need to know that The Dragon Egg Princess is a vivid, emotionally relatable tale by Ellen Oh about a lost princess, her mysterious connection to the long-extinct dragon race, and the brewing cosmic battle between a villainous magical being and the humans whose world she's determined to take over. ![]() ![]() Characters die, and sometimes come back to life.ĭid you know you can flag iffy content? Adjust limits for Violence & Scariness in your kid's entertainment guide. Grief-stricken parents and their daughter are devastated by their separation. A sibling goes over to the dark side and betrays his sister, who loves him and has gone to a lot of trouble to save him. Kids are kidnapped, imprisoned, and faced with death. Villains kill people, steal their "essence," and hit kids. Magic tends to win out over guns, explosives, and other human weaponry, but not before innocents are harmed or killed. Much of the violence is cartoonish in an anime/manga vein, lIk spiderlike forest monsters devouring humans, mortal combat between humans and a giant praying mantis, battles involving magic, etc., but vivid and fearsome to the characters and the reader. ![]() A villainous prince plans to murder his brother and seize power. The story's events stem from an ancient conflict in which humans exterminated all the world's dragons. ![]()
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