MS Review – Drandar the Dragon Knight – middle school fantasy

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About the Book

Book: Drandar the Dragon Knight

Author: Terrie Hellard-Brown

Illustrator: Rachelle Brown

Genre: Chapter book for Middle Grade Readers

Release Date: February 12, 2025

Drandar is the dragon that has been prophesied. He will help the king build a strong, safe kingdom as one of his faithful knights. But Drandar doesn’t seem to fit what a knight should be or even what a real dragon should look like. He’s what Seraphina calls a “late bloomer.” Drandar is droopy, discouraged, and doubting. Will he ever become the knight he’s supposed to be?

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My MS Review

Hellard-Brown, Terrie. Drandar the Dragon Knight. Illustrated by Rachelle Brown. Tulsa, OK: Hypurpley Press, 2024.

I am always excited when I see a new fantasy book appropriate for upper elementary and middle school students. Drandar the Dragon Knight was written for that audience. Hellard-Brown included many Biblical parallels which I liked. 

I enjoyed the story of Drandar but I feel like it could have been better edited in order to better appeal to the middle school audience. The artwork, which appears to be digitally created, may not appeal to the audience. The illustrations do complement the text, however. 

The king and his knights search for the promised dragon egg that will hatch into a dragon to help the kingdom. Drandar is that dragon. Throughout the book Drandar learns what it means to be a good dragon. Together, Drandar and the knights fight the evil that is trying to invade the kingdom. 

Drandar the Dragon Knight would be a good addition to the fantasy section of a K-12 Christian school library. It is appropriate for upper elementary and middle school. 

I received a complimentary copy of Drandar the Dragon Knight. This is my honest review.  

About the Author – Terrie Hellard-Brown

Empowering families to disciple the next generation every day and everywhere is Terrie Hellard-Brown’s mission. Sparking Everyday Discipleship, the podcast hosted by Terrie Hellard-Brown focuses on discipleship in the 21st Century, great books, and sparking important conversations with our children. Terrie is a writer, speaker, missionary, and mom with a BA in sociology and psychology, an MA in education, and is currently working on her DMin.

Her books include:

• Up, Down, and All Around: A Handbook for Discipling Our Children Based on Deuteronomy 6
• Building Character Through Picture Books: 25 Family Devotions Based on Favorite Picture Books
• A World of Pancakes (a picture book on flexibility and culture and including recipes from around the world)
• Izzy’s Notebook (a picture book about forgiveness, Harper and Izzy, Best Friends Forever Series: Living the One Anothers)
• Drandar the Dragon Knight (chapter book about being who God created us to be).

Terrie creates jewelry, bookmarks, and mini books (décor) with biblical and literature themes.

Her writing has appeared in Starlight Magazine, Upper Room, and Inspire Christian Writers Anthologies and blog.

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Giveaway

To celebrate her tour, Terrie is giving away the grand prize of a $50 Amazon Gift Card, signed copy of the book and Bible study that accompanies the book, three stickers, a dragon velvet bookmark, and an armor of God necklace!!

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