The Fire Within

Title: The Fire Within
Author: Chris D'Lacey

David has just moved into Elizabeth Pennykettle and Lucy(Liz’s nine year old daughter) house. Liz makes clay dragons for a living and has made one especially for David. His dragon helps him write a story for Lucy. Liz tells David “in order for your dragon to help you, you need to truly love him.” Later on in the book, David gets into a word fight with his dragon. After that, David’s dragon, Gadzooks, doesn’t feel like David loves him. Do you think that David will be able to show Gadzooks he really loves him?
I generally liked the book because it starts off like any other moving day, bringing in all the boxes into your room, and walking around the house to see where everything is.  I also like how Liz gives David hints on how to truly love his dragon and to make things right with Lucy. I don’t like how the characters have stuff on their own mind, the characters have their own lives and are dealing with their own  problems. My favorite part of the book will have to be the ending because the story that David wrote for Lucy is finished and then everything goes back to normal. The only difference is that now David has more knowledge on how to care for Gadzooks.
If you like a book about the unexpected, this book is for you. The age group that I chose for this book is 14-15 year olds. I rate this book three stars.
I think that they should read this book because you can tell that the characters have other stuff on their mind and have their own lives but, the ending is unbelievable! I don’t think anyone will seeing it coming.