Book Review / Books and Reading

Here, There Be Dragons by James A. Owen

by Deacon Nick · December 22, 2016

Here There Be Dragons Geared for young adult readers, Here, There Be Dragons is an excellent read for anyone who is a fan of Tolkien or C.S. Lewis. Literary allusions abound, and part of my enjoyment came from the way Owen connected various classic works with his plot.

Here, There Be Dragons is for a more literate teen reader, someone who prefers authors like Tolkien, Lewis, Austen, Alcott rather than series like the Twilight saga or The Hunger Games. Not that readers of those books won’t like it, but it moves at a slower pace and the pleasure comes from a deeper place intellectually.

Highly recommended!

Here, There Be Dragons by James A. Owen
Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers, 2006
Print length: 336 pages

[Notes this review was first posted on Goodreads in October 2010 and was reposted at One Catholic Life in December of 2016.]

Tags: book recommendations book reviews C.S. Lewis J.R.R. Tolkien James A. Owen

Deacon Nick

Nick Senger is a husband, a father of four, a Roman Catholic deacon and a Catholic school principal. He taught junior high literature and writing for over 25 years, and has been a Catholic school educator since 1990. In 2001 he was named a Distinguished Teacher of the Year by the National Catholic Education Association.