Dragon Rider: Ping from time to time Danzi is large enough for her to sit on his back when he flies, though due to his great age and weariness, they can't fly together over vast distances.Distant Sequel: Blood Brothers takes place close to four hundred years after Dragon Moon, after the Han Dynasty has fallen.The second book reiterates that Ping is the rightful Dragonkeeper, despite what Jun's family might have people believe. Some people don't even believe Ping could be a real Dragonkeeper because she's a girl, but she carries all the typical traits of a Dragonkeeper and there's no arguing with destiny. Usually, Dragonkeepers are descended from one of two families (Ping has no knowledge of her family) and Ping is also considered unusual because all previous known Dragonkeepers were men. The Chosen One: Ping learns she is a Dragonkeeper, a rare person who can harness qi (chi) to perform magic and communicate with dragons. Subverted with the selfish and ambitious Emperor Liu Che.From it, she learns that while kindness and politeness are good, she has to be more careful who she trusts in the future. Ping also has a negative experience after the seemingly good-natured Jiang Bing turns out to be a spy for the necromancer. Feeling sympathy, Ping allows them to keep the spoils, and leaves Chang'an with an understanding that grey areas do exist. In Dragonkeeper, Ping's black-and-white view on the world changes after she chases down a thief, only to find he and his family are desperate and starving. Character Development: Ping undergoes quite a bit.The Caligula: Emperor Liu Che descends into this during Garden of the Purple Dragon, culminating in him betraying Ping and torturing Kai in an attempt to become immortal. But Ping knows that Kai will be safe and happy with own kind away from those that would exploit him, and she herself gets a chance to start a new life of her own choosing. Ping gives up being a Dragonkeeper and leaves Kai to live with wild dragons it's unlikely they'll ever meet again. Dragon Moon, and thus the first trilogy as a whole.Not to mention Ping leaving with Danza has potentially soured her friendship with the current Emperor. Dragonkeeper ends with the egg hatching, but Danzi and a mortally-wounded Hua leaving Ping to travel to the Blessed Isle( although Hua returns in the next book).He follows her for as long as he can in Dragon Moon, waits for her to return from the sanctuary where she leaves Kai, and eventually proposes marriage. The Atoner: After the events of Garden of the Purple Dragon, Jun becomes this, knowing that he willingly aided in dethroning Ping from her position as Kai's guardian and nearly getting her killed.Not to be confused with the Dragon Keeper Chronicles or the first book in Robin Hobb's The Rain Wild Chronicles. The second trilogy, set over four centuries later, revolves around Kai searching for a new Dragonkeeper and meeting a young novice monk named Tao who may fit the bill. The first trilogy is set in China's Han Dynasty and revolves around a young slave girl named Ping who discovers she is a Dragonkeeper and must protect Long Danzi, one of the last living dragons, and later his son Kai too. The series consists of seven books, including two trilogies that tell complete stories and a prequel. I think that, because of some violence and more difficult vocabulary it should be read by children from 8 years old.Dragonkeeper is a series of historical fantasy children's novels, written by Australian author Carole Wilkinson and set in Ancient China. It is exciting, it is hard to put down, and it makes you want to read the following books by the same author. I recommend this book because it is a terrific book, and I want to share the joy it gave me. The protagonist, Ping, can be doubting, brave, kind and awesome, and as a reader I found parts of myself that were identical to Ping – I identified well with her. Its strong themes of friendship and self-discovery are well developed by the plot, which moves at a Its vocabulary is very rich and full of descriptive language which helps build an image of the towns and villages of old China, in which the story takes place. I think that Dragonkeeper is a superbly constructed book. Ping makes a number of strong friendships on their journey, with Wang Cao, Danzi, Hua and the Emperor, and she treasures those friendships. They encounter both Diao and The Necromancer on the journey, but overcome these evil men, and also meet The Emperor. A slave girl Ping escapes from the palace of Huangling with the dragon Danzi, carrying the dragonstone towards Ocean.
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