Book Report ( The coming of Dragons by A.J.Lake) - Essay Example

A.J. Lake’s book, The Coming of the Dragon, is an extremely entertaining and well-written book which many children and teenagers would appreciate as a Christmas gift.The Coming of the Dragon is set in the medieval past and follows the adventures of two young children. These are Elspeth, the daughter of Spearwa’s captain and Prince Edmund. Elspeth, who has been on many voyages with her father, has had many adventures in her life. Edmund, because he is a royal prince and always very well protected, has not had any adventures, though.

Elspeth and Edmund do not know one another and are very different in character. They meet and become friends by chance. After his father’s gone, prince Edmund’s mother sends him to his uncle on the Spearwa. It is on the ship that the children meet and become friends.While sailing on the ship, a mysterious appears in the sky and the ship is destroyed. All abroad it are lost and only the children survive. Relying on one another and their own wit, the children finally make it to shore.

There they meet a mysterious old hermit who tells them some very strange tales. Elspeth and Edmund do not understand much of what the mystical and mysterious hermit tells them but soon discover that they have been given the responsibility of saving the world.Throughout their quest to save the world, Elspeth and Edmund come across many strange characters. Some of them are extremely sinister and quite frightening. However, they manage to survive and move from one stage of their adventure to another because of their courage, their wit and the magical powers they have been given.

Edmund suddenly discovers that he can enter into the mind of the dragon and of people, and listen to all their thoughts. Elspeth finds a magical sword attached to her arm and which appears and disappears as needed.The adventures which the two characters experience in their quest to save the world are exciting and encourage readers to keep turning the pages of the book. The two main characters play an equally important role in keeping readers riveted. Despite their age and their inexperience, they manage to overcome the fears and courageously face their responsibility of saving the world.

Elspeth and Edmund are courageous, intelligent and, above all, don’t rush into things blindly but wisely think over their every move.Besides making a good Christmas gift, The Coming of the Dragon has many lessons for its readers. It teaches courage, the importance of persistence and how, by facing your fears, you can overcome them. However, the most important lesson it teaches is responsibility. Edmund and Elspeth are given a responsibility which seems much greater than their abilities and much more than they can handle as young and inexperienced children.

Nevertheless, they do not back down and, no matter how dangerous things get, they carry out their responsibilities. The importance of fulfilling responsibilities and of confronting fear is the main idea lesson of this book. Lake teaches her readers this lesson in an extremely interesting and entertaining way which would probably have an influence on them.