The Horn Book Guide

YOUNGER FICTION

Coville, Bruce , Coville, Bruce

The Dragon of Doom

71 pp. | Simon | December, 2003 | Trade ISBN 0-689-85754-3 $$14.95

(4) 1-3 Moongobble and Me series. Illustrated by Katherine Coville & Katherine Coville. Edward lives a lonely life in his small town until Moongobble, an aspiring magician, makes him an assistant on his quest to confront the Dragon of Doom. Although the modern comic dialogue jars a bit with the medieval setting, this chapter book with a not-as-it-seems ending is lively enough to keep readers wondering what the next spell will produce. Black-and-white drawings accompany the text.

Reviewer: Sam Bloom