There is no shortage of dragons now from Grandpa’s garden Dragon fruit tree, and Tomas’ new little dragon Zing is always entertaining. It’s his first dragon Flicker that Tomas misses. Dragon’s don’t stay small forever, and Flicker and his dragon friends are all too big to hide anywhere near.

Tomas told Flicker he has to go and hide somewhere but he thought Flicker would have visited by now – even if it had to be in the middle of the night.

To his delight and surprise, Flicker arrives and they swoop through the night together. Saying goodbye again is hard though and Flicker seems to be a little sad too.

Tomas still has the problem of trying to grow Dragon fruit seedlings to strong and healthy plants. Something keeps going wrong, and every time he loses one, he feels guilty he isn’t protecting future dragons like he should.

Further study into the diaries and notes he found reveals something amazing. Somebody he knows is related to the writer of the diary and notes. This is wonderful until he feels as if they might want to take ownership and responsibility of the dragons themselves.

More worry for Tomas comes in the shape of a very quiet little sister. Lolli is usually full of beans and jabber jabbering, but seems more content huddled in duvets on her bedroom floor with her stick friends. Tomas knows she too is missing her own dragon Tinkle, but he has a feeling there is more to Lolli’s sadness than a sore arm.

Filled with all these worries, Tomas struggles to sleep well, his dreams full of strange images, and mixed up messages. How can they save more Dragon fruit plants? What’s up with Lolli? Is he going to lose his connection with the dragons?

Everything soon rises to a head with electrifying consequences!

The 5th and (looks to be) final book in this wonderful series. Why so wonderful? It begins with the magic and awesomeness of discovering and looking after a tiny dragon. Keeping a secret so amazing is impossible, so others are soon included. That means more dragons which equals more trouble, exploding poos, green farts that make everyone laugh, dragons with cascading colours and more.

Along with the dragons comes a mystery about where they came from, keeping them safe from scientists, and all the challenges that come along with friendships, family, a school nemesis and other things about growing up. It’s difficult enough without the added disasters these dragons bring with them.

Illustrations by Sara Ogilvie are scattered through the book, her style matching the fun and intrigue of the story perfectly.

This series is told in the point of view of Tomas, and he talks directly to you as he navigates this new exciting, if not slightly stressful new life full of dragons. I’ve loved every episode and highly recommend it to anyone aged 7+ or those who might like a dragon of their own in their life.

Author – Andy Shepherd

Illustrator – Sara Ogilvie

Age – 7+

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(2021, Picadilly Press, Series, Dragons, Friendship, Responsibility, Fantasy, Secret, Little Sister, Growing plants, Diary, Intrigue, Generations)