Icefire

Icefire
Chris D'Lacey
Orchard Books, 2006
Pages: 432
Reading Level: 9-12
Genre: Fantasy

In Icefire, David has been living with Liz and Lucy for a while. At the beginning of the story, David names a wishing dragon that Lucy is making. Because he named it, the dragon belongs to him. David makes a wish to know the whereabouts of the last fire tear. As soon as he wishes, "Aunty Gwenoth" shows up at the door. Aunty Gwenoth also wants the fire tear, and for some reason she has something to do with David finding the fire tear. David's prefessor also knows that dragons exist. He teaches David about polar bears, and that they have a lot to do with the fire tear. Throughout the story, David learns that Aunty Gwenoth is actually an evil lady, and he thwarts her plans to create and keep a new dragon. The baby dragon is born, but is given instead to a friend of Davids who has been helping throughout. David needs to go with the teacher to the artic to look for the tear. Aunty Gwenoth, thinking she is helping herself, bespells a publisher to publish David's book on squirrels, with the promise that he will write one on polar bears. So David gets enough money to go to the artic.

I think any fantasy lover would benefit from this book

This book condones cheating on significant others. At one point while Davids girlfriend is gone, he kisses this other girl. Then his girlfriend gets back and there are no consequences and everything works out for the better for David. It is unrealistic.

My reaction: I really enjoyed this book

My rating: ****