If A Dragon Cries: An Epic Fantasy Adventure (The Legend of Hooper's Dragons Book 1)
The Legend of Hooper's Dragons series
- 4.6 out of 5
- 348 ratings
- 408 pages
Overall Content Rating: Parents Strongly Cautioned PG-13
This is a young-adult fantasy adventure about a mistreated boy who works with dragons and is drawn into war against hostile dragon riders and other enemies. Romance is described as light and clean, with no explicit sexual material on the page. Parents may want to know about moderate fantasy violence and a thread of parental or employer abuse and bullying tied to the hero’s past injuries and disability. Mild insult language and very occasional mild profanity appear; sampled matches for sexual wording refer only to non-sexual actions such as tilting one’s head or listening.
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Crude Mild
9Occasional insults such as calling someone foolish or an idiot appear in tension or frustration, without sustained crude humor.
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- stupid: 7
- idiot: 2
Profanity Mild
2Strong language is rare. A mild place-name style use of a religious underworld term appears twice in narration.
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Specific words
- hell: 2
Violence Moderate
26Fantasy adventure fighting includes arrows, spears, blades, dragon combat, and described wounds with bleeding. Characters die in battle. A young servant is physically mistreated, including hard kicks and references to prolonged cruel punishment by an employer; supporting cruelty and mockery toward his injuries and hardship also appear. Reviewers describe action as intense but not graphic or nightmare-level.
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- blood: 12
- kick: 5
- bleed: 4
- stab: 4
- smash: 1
About this book
An evil faerie who wants to rule. A mystical golden dragon could be the key. One man must embrace his destiny to save the world… Hooper never really believed in himself. The one thing he did believe was that dragons should stay as far away from him as possible. But when a dying emerald dragon gives him a magical gem, Hooper’s life is changed forever… After discovering that he and his friends are the only ones who can keep an evil faerie from taking over the world, Hooper can’t help but be reluctant. After all, to save humanity he’ll need to protect Golden Wind, the most prized dragon of them all. As he fights his hatred of the creature, Hooper starts to question everything he’s ever learned… Will Hooper forge his own destiny or will he succumb to the power of the dark, murderous faerie? If a Dragon Cries is the first book in a fantasy coming of age series with dragons, swords, magic, and more. If you like insightful character journeys, Tolkienesque worlds, and majestic dragons, then you’ll love Gary Darby’s series starter. Take a Look Inside and then buy today! Read more