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Rise of the Earth Dragon: A Branches Book (Dragon Masters #1) by [Tracey West, Graham Howells]

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Tracey West

Rise of the Earth Dragon: A Branches Book (Dragon Masters #1) Kindle Edition

by Tracey West (Author), Graham Howells (Illustrator) Format: Kindle Edition

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Book 1 of 22: Dragon Masters

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The New York Times bestselling Dragon Masters series is "How to Train Your Dragon" meets the Dragon Slayers' Academy, and it's perfect for newly independent readers!

Pick a book. Grow a reader.

This series is part of Scholastic's early chapter book line called Branches, which is aimed at newly independent readers. With easy-to-read text, high-interest content, fast-paced plots, and illustrations on every page, these books will boost reading confidence and stamina. Branches books help readers grow!

DRAGON MASTERS has it all! Dragons, a Dragon Stone, a king, a wizard, and magic! In the first book in this fully-illustrated series, 8-year old Drake is snatched up by King Roland's soldier and taken to the castle. He is to be trained as a Dragon Master. At the castle, he is joined by three other young Dragon Masters-in-training: Ana, Rori, and Bo. The Dragon Masters must learn how to connect with and train their dragons--and they must also uncover their dragons' special powers. Does Drake have what it takes to be a Dragon Master? What is his dragon's special power?

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6 - 8 years, from customers
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101 pages
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English
Grade level

1 - 3
Lexile measure

510L
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Scholastic Inc.
Publication date

August 26, 2014
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978-0545646239
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Gr 1–3—In this heavily illustrated chapter book series for newly independent readers, eight-year-old Drake is chosen by the magical Dragon Stone to train dragons along with three other Dragon Masters-in-training. The four students must learn to connect with their dragons and discover their unique powers. --This text refers to the library edition.

About the Author

Graham Howells is a children's book author and illustrator. He also produces artwork for games, television, and film. Howells won the 2009 English-Language Award for his book, Merlin's Magical Creatures.
Tracey West has written more than 300 books for children and young adults, including the New York Times bestselling Dragon Masters series, the Pixie Tricks series, and the Hiro's Quest series. She has also appeared on the New York Times bestseller list as author of the Pokémon chapter book adaptations. Tracey lives with her family in New York State's western Catskills. She can be found on Twitter and Instagram at @TraceyWestBooks and on Facebook at @AuthorTraceyWest. --This text refers to the library edition.

ASIN ‏ : ‎ B00JEIDX4O
Publisher ‏ : ‎ Scholastic Inc.; Illustrated edition (August 26, 2014)
Publication date ‏ : ‎ August 26, 2014
Language ‏ : ‎ English
File size ‏ : ‎ 20856 KB
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Print length ‏ : ‎ 101 pages
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Best Sellers Rank: #74,862 in Kindle Store (See Top 100 in Kindle Store)
- #66 in Children's Dragon Stories
- #93 in Children's Chapter Books (Kindle Store)
- #150 in Children's Animal Action & Adventure

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Tracey West

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I am the bestselling author of more than 300 books for children and young adults. I currently write the New York Times bestselling Dragon Masters series for the Scholastic Branches line, and my Pixie Tricks books are coming back as a Branches series with brand new art on December 1 2020. I am also the newest author of the Heroes in Training series and am part of the Franken-Sci High creative team for Simon & Schuster. In addition, I write for the Cupcake Diaries and Sprinkle Sundays series as Coco Simon. Some fans may know me as the author of books based on cartoons, such as Pokémon and LEGO Ninjago. I live in New York's Catskill mountains with my family and a variety of small animals.

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Brad Kachelreis

The perfect series for my son

Reviewed in the United States on May 10, 2017

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My first grade son was reading competently but slowly and without enthusiasm. He viewed reading as a chore, not a pleasure, and he never chose to read on his own. I tried to find books to spark his interest. Nothing was working until I bought Book 1 of the Dragon Masters series. I can't explain why, but he was crazy about this book from the first moment I handed it to him. For the first time, he sat down with the book, perused it curiously, and then started reading on his own. He read the entire book in two days, and he was so proud of himself for finishing a chapter book! He loves the characters, the illustrations, and the stories. He has now read Books 1-4, and he likes to talk about the books and act out the stories. Now, he is reading anything and everything I give him. For my son, these were the books that broke down his reading barrier. If you have an early elementary reluctant reader, I highly recommend giving this book a try. It is hard to find well-written chapter books for emergent readers, especially for boys. This series is truly the jackpot!

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Ai my me

Branch Series books - very nice for early chapter book readers

Reviewed in the United States on September 10, 2015

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I was looking for something to read to my 7 year old daughter and 3 year old son. I wanted something gender neutral (I wanted to avoid Princess books). This book was great. My kids asked to read more than 3 chapters a night. This is one of the Scholastic Branches series books. Branches series were written for early chapter book readers. There are two levels: first level is with color pictures and lower Lexile (According to Scholastic website, for ages 5-7, 80 page full color Branches series are: Boris by Andrew Joyner, Kung Pow Chicken by Cindi Marko, Missy's Super Duper Royal Deluxe by Susan Nees, Owl Diaries by Rebecca Elliott, Princess Pink and the Land of Fake-Believe by Noah Z Jones), second level is black and white with a bit higher Lexile (according to Scholastic Website, for ages 6-8, 96 page, black and white Branches series are: The amazing stardust friends by Heather Alexander Illustrated by Diane Le Feyer, Dragon Masters by Tracy West Illustrated by Graham Howells, Eerie Elementary by Jack Chabert Illustrated by Sam Ricks, Looniverse by David Lubar Illustrated by Matt Loveridge, Lotus Lane by Kyla May, Monkey Me by Timothy Roland, and the Notebook of Doom by Troy Cummings) . This Dragon Master series falls onto the second level. My daughter enjoyed Eerie Elementary series (took 45-60 min to read per book) and The Notebook of Doom (took 45-60 min to read per book). Branches series have easy to follow story lines and attractive illustrations (black and white for second level) and I highly recommend them.
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Justine

Fine- Except for one thing....

Reviewed in the United States on June 7, 2021

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Fine, not great. Didn’t like the (pointless?) chapter where Drake is encouraged to keep secrets from his family and his mother in particular. That, to me, is not a great message. The entire chapter could have been left out, omitting the message, and it would have made NO difference to the story as a whole. Glad I read the book before I read it to my kids; I just skipped the chapter.

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Crudo

Not bad, not great... but willing to continue with the series

Reviewed in the United States on October 26, 2020

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From a literary perspective? Meh... not an entirely imaginative or original story. The writing leaves much to be desired. For example, there are many instances where where each sentence is the exact same length. The text lacks variations in structure, making it dull to read out loud to my six year old. That being said, I imagine it would be easy for someone new to reading chapter books to tackle independently. Additionally, my six year old is loving listening to the story and looking at the illustrations.

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k.lo

Exciting! Will capture kid's interest!

Reviewed in the United States on November 2, 2019

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I had to write a review for this book/series. My 8 year old daughter has struggled with reading, she doesn't give her full effort bc nothing has sparked her interest enough to do so. She LOVES dragons and anything mythical so I specifically went looking for something like this. I bought the first 2 books in the series and just bought the next 3. I am so glad there are so many books in the series. She's read out loud, willingly and eagerly, every night since we started. We finished the first book in about 4 nights reading about 20 minutes a night. Immediately into the first chapter she said she liked the book. By the 3rd night she was saying she wanted to find out what happens next. And each night she wants to keep reading. We both love that there are pictures on every page, but also plenty of text. In fact when I first opened it I thought, the age range says 6 to 8 but she is not that advanced... but I was worried for nothing. She can handle it and has gotten more fluid w reading in just a couple nights. Love these books! Will be buying all of them! I can't say enough. We've seriously struggled with her reading for a couple years now, and within a week she's improved just bc she is interested.

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Kristen

Perfect for introducing kids to chapter books!

Reviewed in the United States on May 13, 2020

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I got this book hoping to start a love for chapter books for my 4 year old son. He loves dragons and has a wild imagination so this felt like a good fit. My plan was to read 1 chapter to him every night at bedtime. We ended up getting this through this book much quicker than anticipated because and he got more and more into the story he was beg me to read one more chapter! Some nights reading 4 or 5 chapters. What a wonderful story! The chapters go by quickly (there are 16 of them) and there were just enough illustrations to keep him engaged. Each day a family member would ask him what happened in his book the night before and I'd love to listen to him retell what he'd heard. We finished last night and he immediately asked if we can start reading it again today. There a few questions at the end of the book. I was really impressed with how his answers showed his grasp of the story, even the unwritten/implied parts. I highly recommend the book and I will be buying the rest of the series right away!

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allybran

Not impressed

Reviewed in the United States on June 19, 2020

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I bought this after reading all the great reviews. I thought my 7 year old son would love this book as he loves the magic treehouse books, etc. First, I didn’t realize the pictures were in black and white which was the first negative. Plus, the hard to pronounce names (for his age) were a turn off as well. And how the story started was just weird even for me. He just couldn’t get into it after a few nights of trying and also reading to his younger sister - who wasn’t into it either. Moving on.

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Bee Ratcliffe

Our kids LOVE the Dragon Master's book series

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on October 31, 2020

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We needed a good "first chapter" series with lots of pictures as for bedtime routine as picture books just became rather expensive. So I searched the internet and came across the recommendation for Scholastic's Dragon Masters book series.
They LOVE all the characters/dragons in the books and love guessing what each person can do and what powers the dragons have.
Whenever possible we use the Kindle edition and broadcast it to our TV via our Amazon Firebox (via wireless projection) so that everyone can see the text and the pictures. Unfortunately not all the books are available for Amazon Kindle, so some books we had to buy as hard paper and we are running out of space in our bookshelves as we have sooo many books, so we prefer electronic copies. Electronic copies also allow us to share it onto their Amazon Fire tablets for kids.
Again, LOVED by all of our kids and we have different ages and grasp of the world. Unfortuantely we have read ALL the books available and now have to wait until March 2021 until the next book comes out.

314

Perfect first chapter book to read yourself (similar to ORT level 9/10/11) or be read to.

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on January 9, 2018

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My son reads oxford reading tree at school but we wanted stories to read at home he could really get into, and this was perfect. In terms of difficulty the book is similar to oxford reading tree level 10. The chapters are a manageable size and there isn't too much text on each page so isn't too intimidating for children who haven't read a chapter book before. The story manages to be really engaging without using vocabulary that is beyond a 5 year old's understanding.

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Mikk

Must read

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on March 15, 2021

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We absolutely love this book. Definitely recommended read our son could not put it down. And can’t wait to read the rest.

Heather Turner

Great age appropriate

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on February 5, 2021

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Love dragon books. My daughter is excited to hear more.