As a digital subscriber, you’ll receive unlimited access to Horn Book web exclusives and extensive archives, as well as access to our highly searchable Guide/Reviews Database.
To access other site content, visit The Horn Book homepage.
To continue you need an active subscription to hbook.com.
Subscribe now to gain immediate access to everything hbook.com has to offer, as well as our highly searchable Guide/Reviews Database, which contains tens of thousands of short, critical reviews of books published in the United States for young people.
Thank you for registering. To have the latest stories delivered to your inbox, select as many free newsletters as you like below.
No thanks. Return to article
(3)
YA
His family wiped out by a marauding dragon, cowardly Jude of Doran teams with Jing-wei, a Chinese girl being shown in a circus because of her bound feet, to slay the dragon using Jing-wei's knowledge of Chinese technology. The framing story in which Jude tells his tale to a recording monk is amusing, the diction has an old feel without being stilted, and the action is thrilling and non-stop.