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The Hive Queen

  • 2018 first published
  • 286 pages
  • ★ 4.1 (8 ratings)
  • 13 editions

The Hive Queen is a 2018 dragon fantasy novel by Tui T. Sutherland. The story is set in Pantala and There is map fictional continents and kingdoms, in the About 2 million years ago. Characters include Cricket, Swordtail and Blue. Readers will find themes of dragons.

Open Library readers give it an average of 4.1 out of 5 from 8 ratings, and 106 more have it on their want-to-read list. It has been published in 13 editions.

At about 286 pages, most readers finish it in 5–6 hours.

About The Hive Queen

Growing up in the hives, cricket has always had 1,000,000 questions. Wiretree soap forbidden, even in art? Why do her parents seem to hate her? In the biggest, most dangerous and secret question of all: why is cricket immune to queen wasp"s powers? Whenever the queen takes control of all the hype wing, speaking through their mouths and seeing through their eyes, cricket has to hide, terrified of being discovered. Now she's hiding again, wanted for stealing the book of clear site along with her new silkwing friends, blue and swordtail, and the fierce leafwing sundew . The fugitives need answers, and fast, in order to prevent a leafwing attack. But cricket has more questions than ever. How can she stay hidden and discover the queen's deadliest secret? And if she does succeed - can a powerless dragonet really do anything to topple a regime and stop a war?
Description from Open Library

Themes, setting & tropes

Genres

Setting

  • Pantala
  • There is map fictional continents and kingdoms

Era

  • About 2 million years ago

Characters

  • Cricket
  • Swordtail
  • Blue
  • Bumblebee
  • Sundew
  • Different bloodlines of dragons

Subjects

  • Dragons
  • Children's fiction
  • Adventure and adventurers
  • Fantasy fiction

Quick answers

Who wrote The Hive Queen?

The Hive Queen was written by Tui T. Sutherland and first published in 2018.

What genre is The Hive Queen?

It is usually shelved as Dragon Fiction.

How long is The Hive Queen?

The median edition has 286 pages, about 5–6 hours of reading at 250 words per minute.

What books are similar to The Hive Queen?

Readers who like it often enjoy The Hidden Kingdom, Bone and How to Train Your Dragon.

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