Dragonkeeper: Garden of the Purple Dragon

by Carole Wilkinson

Ping is in hiding on the mountain slopes of Tai Shan, carrying out her promise to look after the baby purple dragon, Kai. She spends long days catching worms and caterpillars and tending to little Kai. But her peaceful life comes to an end when the imperial guards catch her, and take her back to Ming Yang lodge. New friends - and enemies - lie in wait and Ping has never felt so alone, or so confused. Does she have the strength to fulfil her destiny as the Dragonkeeper - and find sanctuary for Kai?

• ISBN10: 0330441124
• ISBN13: 9780330441124
• Publish Date: 1 February 2008 (first published 2 February 2007)
• Publish Status: Out of Print
• Out of Print: 8 March 2012
• Publish Country: GB
• Publisher: Pan Macmillan
• Imprint: Macmillan Children's Books
• Edition: Unabridged edition
• Format: Paperback
• Pages: 352
• Language: English

Reviews

[wyvernfriend]

This is the second story in the series and interesting. However, there was a bit of a reading gap between book 1 and book 2 and I found it a little difficult to get into the swing of the book. Ping is a great character and her heart is with the Dragon.

I could see some of what was going to happen flagged pretty clearly in the story but it was the overall story and the growth in the characters that kept me going.

Interesting series and I'm going to have to keep going with it, possibly with a quicker turnover between reads.