The Story of Owen, Dragon Slayer of Trondheim

Reviewed by: Mary Lehmer - Freeport Community Library, Freeport, Southern Maine Library District

Review Date: November 12, 2014

Review

This is a story about a teenager named Owen that happens to be a dragon slayer. Now, there is no magic in this story other than the dragons. Owen lives in our world so to speak but is filled with people eating dragons that need to be slayed. The world in this story has had dragons forever and dragon slayers are the only thing that can stop them - which means kill them. Owen is training to do this and with the help of a high school friend, Siobhan, he might end up being a famous one! People getting eaten by a dragon isn't funny, but this story and the way it's told has quite a bit of humor in it. The story is told from Siobhan's viewpoint and she has a pretty good sense of humor. I will say that a few of the historical connections were a bit hard to follow sometimes but the book was still great and full of humor and adventure. For grades 6-9. I would give this almost 5 out of 5 stars.

Overall Book Score: excellent