Tuesday, October 26, 2021

The Dragon of Cripple Creek by Troy Howell

While Katlin, her brother and her father tour an old mine in Colorado, Kat decides to explore a tunnel not included in the tour.  She falls, encounters a dragon and discovers gold . . . lots of gold.  When the dragon, called Ye, leads her out (through an outhouse seat!!), she manages to slip a gold nugget into her pocket.  Unfortuantely, the media captures the image of the nugget falling to the ground, causing a gold rush.  Kat, her brother and her father must navigate tricky circumstances among greedy people. 

Exciting plot! Some of the characters annoyed me. 

Points to discuss: Kat's mother is in a vegetative state after a fall. She is not better by the end of the story. H*** is mentioned a few times . Homelessness, corrupt media, greed, gambling

-Borrowed from the library.



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