I would give it a half-hearted recommendation for a young person at least age 10, depending on maturity, but more likely 12 and above.

My wife said that she thought that it was cute, and while I found it a bit strange at times, it was for the most part interesting reading. I did not find anything in it that I would identify as anti-Biblical. Some people are not into fantasy, and they would probably not like the book. Suffice it to say that this book is clearly fantasy. The rest of the book concerns the various situation that the dragon causes for Jeremy and the lessons that he learns on how to deal with his problems by caring for the dragon. After the dragon hatched, it was invisible to everyone except Jeremy and the girl who liked him. There he saw a shining, multi-colored ball which he finally decided that he just must have.Īfter purchasing the ball for a quarter and leaving with some folded instructions, Jeremy found that it was a dragon’s egg which he was supposed to hatch. One day, to escape these problems, he runs down a side street and ducks into a magic shop which he had never noticed before. The story is about a 12 year old boy, Jeremy Thatcher, who has problems at school with his art teacher, a girl who likes him but he doesn’t like, and some bullies who like to tease him unmercifully. It is by Bruce Coville, copyrighted in 1991 and published originally by Harcourt Brace Jovanovich, Inc., Children’s Book Division, of San Diego, CA, although the paperback edition was published by Minstrel Books which is a division of Simon & Schuster, Inc., of New York City, NY. One of the members of the congregation where we worshipped gave us a copy of Jeremy Thatcher, Dragon Hatcher, which her granddaughter had read. Children’s Book Division, San Diego, CA republished by Minstrel Books, a division of Simon and Schuster Inc., New York City, NY).

Jeremy Thatcher, Dragon Hatcher (published 1991 by Harcourt Brace Jovanovich Inc. Language level: 1 (nothing objectionable)įor more information e-mail Bruce. Publisher: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, reissued in 2007

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