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Historical FantasyTime Travel

Day of the Dragon King

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  • 1998 first published
  • 80 pages
  • ★ 4.4 (5 ratings)
  • 24 editions
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Day of the Dragon King is a 1998 historical fantasy and time-travel fiction novella by Mary Pope Osborne. The story is set in China, during Han dynasty, 202 B.C.-220 A.D. Readers will find themes of tree houses, magic, time travel and ancient Civilizations.

Open Library readers give it an average of 4.4 out of 5 from 5 ratings, and 29 more have it on their want-to-read list. It has been published in 24 editions across 6 languages.

It runs to roughly 80 pages — about an hour and a half of reading at an average pace.

About Day of the Dragon King

The magic treehouse takes Jack and Annie back two thousand years to ancient China where they must find the original copy of an old legend before the Imperial Library is burned down by the evil Dragon King.
Description from Open Library

Themes, setting & tropes

Genres

Setting

Era

  • Han dynasty, 202 B.C.-220 A.D
  • Altertum

Subjects

  • Tree houses
  • Magic
  • Time travel
  • Ancient Civilizations
  • Readers
  • Chapter Books
  • Children's fiction
  • Fantasy fiction
  • China
  • Hermanos
  • Brothers and sisters
  • Magia
  • Historia
  • Ficción juvenil
  • Viaje a través del tiempo
  • Cabañas en los árboles

Quick answers

Who wrote Day of the Dragon King?

Day of the Dragon King was written by Mary Pope Osborne and first published in 1998.

What genre is Day of the Dragon King?

It is usually shelved as Historical Fantasy and Time Travel.

How long is Day of the Dragon King?

The median edition has 80 pages, about about an hour and a half of reading at 250 words per minute.

What books are similar to Day of the Dragon King?

Readers who like it often enjoy Servant of the Bones, Imperial Lady and Hollow City.

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