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Tyler and Lucinda have to spend summer vacation with their ancient uncle Gideon, a farmer. They think they're in for six weeks of cows, sheep, horses, and pigs. But when they arrive in deserted Standard Valley, California, they discover that Ordinary Farm is, well, no ordinary farm.
The bellowing in the barn comes not from a cow but from a dragon. The thundering herd in the valley? Unicorns. Uncle Gideon's sprawling farmhouse never looks the same twice. Plus, there's a flying monkey, a demon squirrel, and a barnload of unlikely farmhands with strange accents and even stranger powers.
At first, the whole place seems like a crazy adventure. But when darker secrets begin to surface and Uncle Gideon and his fabulous creatures are threatened, Lucinda and Tyler have to pull together to take action. Will two ordinary kids be able to save the dragons, the farm—and themselves?
Expert storytellers Tad Williams and Deborah Beale take readers on an extraordinary adventure in their first book about Ordinary Farm.
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Jhon Alx
reviewed The Dragons of Ordinary Farm on March 30, 2011
The Dragons of Ordinary Farm
Disappointment is the best overall description of this book. This book had such a potentially intriguing storyline and mystery, but at every turn it ended up a complete disappointment, never living up to its own possible storyline.
The 2 main youth characters were stereoptypical - with the boy being adventureous, rash, unemotional, and the dive-without-thinking type, and the girl being overly emotional, fearful, unadventurous, and the never wants to try anything, always just wants to runaway and hide type. Very bad news. And untrue. Also, the book tried to make the 2 young characters speak and think in "cool" lingo which was trite, unbelievable, and fake. It sounded like a very bad Hollywood movie trying to get young kids to want to see it by trying to sound cool and so instead sounded the opposite - stupid and laughable. Even children would realize this dialogue was forced and contrived. In addition, the mystery and storyline felt underdeveloped. Even with this as the first book in a series, the whole story set-up seemed to take place in this book, but in such small snippets it read as a story with holes rather than one of intrigue.
And finally, the dynamic that is revealed between the adult character who now owns the farm and the daughter of the previous owner of the farm whom he married, was disturbing. It is revealed that he "fell in love" with her when she was "just a girl" and then when she grew up they got married. I have serious issues with that dynamic and do not find it at all romantic or something to be purported as okay. It is beyond me why the relationship was made to be that way. It was enough to make me not read or recommend this book or it's sequel irregardless of the other problems with the story.
So on all counts I would not recommend this book nor would I read the sequel. There are better mysetries and better stories with "magical" farms. If looking for one I'd try Drizzle.
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