Teen Fantasy Fiction. Fulfills Re-Read an Old Favorite category in the Pioneer Book Challenge.
There were so many books I could have chosen for this particular category, but I settled on one from a favorite fantasy author, Vivian Vande Velde (I love her alliterative name!) The main theme of this book is revenge - how to get it specifically. Our heroine, Alys, has been wrongly accused of being a witch which sets off a series of events that leaves her chained to a post outside of town for the local dragon to devour. The dragon decides not to eat her, but to help her get revenge since he is an expert in that department. Throughout their adventures to accomplish this task Alys learns that revenge doesn't taste as sweet as she thinks it should.
I read this aloud to my children a number of years ago and we discussed the unfairness of life and what the results of revenge really are and if they are worth the cost.
Recommend: Yes.
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