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Dragons' Truth by Teel McClanahan III
Young Adult
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When two young boys decide to skip school and seek adventure one day, they end up finding much more than they ever bargained for. More than the dragon and the mountain of riches they see at first, one of the boys finds the entire course of his life changed.
That boy, Larry, finds himself at the center of an adventure bigger than anything he'd ever dreamed of. And when Larry's continuing adventure begins to effect his schoolwork, and then his teachers and his entire school, Larry's not sure what he's gotten himself into. When the effects of that seemingly innocent day begin to spread throughout - and then to threaten - his entire nation, Larry is forced to take action or face the destruction of the entire human race as a result of a single day of hooky.
Join Larry as he grows from a little boy into the last chance for survival that humanity may have, and find out just how complicated a happy ending can become...
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By: Gail
I made it to the end because there's a lot of good stuff here. However, starting with Episode Three, Ghadshyk became preachy and long-winded, and not only got away with it but was admired for it. That was hard to believe. Oddly enough though, the thing that annoyed me the most (and kept throwing me out of the story) was the way the schools were presented. I've been interacting with my local schools for years, and I just could not accept the progression of the new idea through the schools. So it might work better in the story without so many details. Schools are bureaucracies, and nothing spreads through a bureaucracy that fast, except maybe the flu.By: SawyerIII
Great book concept and narration, it just begs to find out who the kid was though...
Chapters
| Title | Description | Date Created |
| Chapter 1 and Chapter 2 (28.69 MB) | In which 12-year-old Larry first meets the dragon Ghadshyk, survives, and soon agrees to do his homework and study in exchange for hearing stories about the dragons' past. | Jun 16, 2008 |
| Chapter 3: The Story of the Ugly Dragon (19.49 MB) | In which we hear the story of how Ghadshyk first met the human wizard Merle, long ago, and tried to explain the folly of learning the surface of a subject without working also to find its depth and background. | Jun 16, 2008 |
| Chapter 4, Chapter 5, and Chapter 6: The Second Meeting (28.06 MB) | In which Larry gets a taste of the magical security system protecting Ghadshyk's home, Ghadshyk explains the often-overlooked relationship between studying Algebra in middle school and leading a long, happy, and fulfilling life, and then we hear the story of Ghadshyk's second meeting with Merle and learn that Merle is on the verge of either immortality or death. | Jun 16, 2008 |
| Chapter 7 and Chapter 8: Ghadshyk Comes of Age (22.14 MB) | n which Larry receives notes from his teachers about a meeting scheduled between them, his parents, and his dragon tutor, and then we hear the story of how Ghadshyk first revealed his scandalous relationship with a human wizard to the dragon community. | Jun 16, 2008 |
| Chapter 9 (16.24 MB) | In which Larry's teachers reveal their intentions for his future education, and his parents reveal their continued disinterest, none of them realizing there's a dragon in the room. | Jun 16, 2008 |
| Chapter 10 and Chapter 11 (24.1 MB) | In which Ghadshyk's influence on a few local teachers becomes a national phenomenon that threatens to bring the economy to its knees as people everywhere become passionate about going back to school, and Merle first reveals that an army of dragons is on its way to destroy America, then agrees to teach Larry everything there is to know about dragons, so that humanity will have some small chance against them. | Jun 16, 2008 |
| Chapter 12 and Chapter 13 (18.72 MB) | In which Larry learns nearly everything humanity has ever put down in words, and the dragons invade America, with no man-made weapon even able to slow down their fiery path of efficient destruction. | Jun 16, 2008 |
| Chapter 14 and Chapter 15 (30.9 MB) | The final episode, in which Larry confronts the dragon Bryyt, whose arrogance and hatred has poisoned dragon teachings for millennia while holding humanity back from enlightenment, and then shows Merle how sharing enlightenment and universal truth with humanity can only make things better, changing even violent criminals' lives in an instant. | Jun 16, 2008 |