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277 pp.
| Random |
September, 2012 |
TradeISBN 978-0-375-87018-7$16.99
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LibraryISBN 978-0-375-97018-4$19.99
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4-6Five Ancestors: Out of the Ashes series.
After Grandfather's dragon-bone powder is stolen, thirteen-year-old Phoenix, a top-notch mountain bike racer, learns that "Grandfather" (from Stone's previous Five Ancestors series) was actually born in 1638, and without his dragon bone, he'll die. So Phoenix jets to China to find more. Action-packed bike racing and kung fu sequences will likely distract readers from the wooden dialogue and frequent bouts of tell-rather-than-show mode.