Dragonfire Books

Allegra reviews The Last Fallen Star by Graci Kim - the newest Rick Riordan Presents book, featuring Korean mythology!

Read more about the book on the Riordan website:

https://www.readriordan.com/book/the-last-fallen-star/

Find the book on Bookshop:

https://bookshop.org/books/the-last-fallen-star-a-gifted-clans-novel/9781368059633

10 year old Allegra reviews Aru Shah and the City of Gold, the long-awaited fourth book in the Pandava quartet. In this epic series so far, Aru and her friends have slowed down the Sleeper, found the soul of the demoness Surpanakha, and wished on a magical tree, Kalpavriksha. The Sleeper's army is planning to invade on Lanka by the end of the week, and the Pandavas have to be ready.

Find the book on Bookshop:

https://bookshop.org/books/aru-shah-and-the-city-of-gold/9781368013864

Find the Rick Riordan "Making of a Myth" videos on YouTube:

Part 1: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=agW4E4uDNhA

Part 2: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xO7seUZaNjQ

Allegra chats about Sarwat Chadda's "City of the Plague God."

"For immigrants, children of immigrants, and diaspora readers everywhere: never forget that you are the dragon warriors and heroes of your own stories."

Allegra chats about Katie Zhao's "The Dragon Warrior" and its sequel, "The Fallen Hero."

#StopAsianHate #AtlantaShooting #BlackLivesMatter

Find the books on Bookshop:

https://bookshop.org/books/the-dragon-warrior/9781547604791

https://bookshop.org/books/the-fallen-hero/9781547601974

Allegra and Gus chat about a longtime favorite picture book, "The Day the Crayons Quit," and its sequel.

Find the books on Bookshop:

https://bookshop.org/books/the-day-the-crayons-quit/9780399255373

https://bookshop.org/books/the-day-the-crayons-came-home/9780399172755

Allegra talks about "Flora and Ulysses," a Kate DiCamillo fave that is shortly being released as a movie!

Find the book on Bookshop:

https://bookshop.org/books/flora-and-ulysses-the-illuminated-adventures-4b8c1d6a-73bd-4c9e-b459-f8b713069db1/9780763687649

Find Rainer Maria Rilke's "Go to the Limits of Your Longing":

https://onbeing.org/poetry/go-to-the-limits-of-your-longing/

Find the movie preview:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=05F8MmsiLQs

Allegra tries something new - a realtime reading and review of "Ikenga" by Nnedi Okorafor.

Find the book on Bookshop:

https://bookshop.org/books/ikenga/9780593113523

Allegra reviews Kelly Barnhill's 2016 book, "The Girl Who Drank the Moon."

Find it on Bookshop:

https://bookshop.org/books/the-girl-who-drank-the-moon/9781616207465

Welcome to the 10th episode of Dragonfire Books! Join Allegra for a chat about "The Tower of Nero."

Find it on Bookshop:

https://bookshop.org/books/the-tower-of-nero-9781432884758/9781484746455

Allegra rings in 2021 with a review of the "Sal & Gabi" books by Carlos Hernandez.

Find the books on Bookshop:

https://bookshop.org/books/sal-and-gabi-break-the-universe/9781368022828

https://bookshop.org/books/sal-and-gabi-fix-the-universe-9781368022835/9781368022835?aid=3290&listref=middle-grade-chapter-books-too-good-to-miss