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Kingdom of the Golden Dragon (original 2004; edition 2004)

by Isabel Allende

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Sixteen-year-old Alexander Cold accompanies his grandmother, a writer for a geography magazine, to the remote Forbidden Kingdom in the Himalayas to help locate a sacred statue of a golden dragon before it is stolen by a greedy outsider.
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Title:Kingdom of the Golden Dragon
Authors:Isabel Allende
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Kingdom of the Golden Dragon by Isabel Allende (2004)

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Two teens Alexander and Nadia follow Kate, a reporter, into a mysterious country in the Himalayas and run into trouble when a mafia-like group steal the sacred golden dragon. Adventure and mysticism ensue after Nadia & other girls from the kingdom are kidnapped and Alexander, a prince, & a monk must save them and the dragon. A community of yetis play their part as well. This is a jam-packed YA novel I enjoyed very much. ( )
  KarenMonsen | Dec 29, 2021 |
Jag vet att det är ett påhittat land men det känns så äkta. ( )
  autisticluke | Nov 14, 2019 |
This is a middle-grade/YA (but suitable for all ages) adventure that reminded me in its tone and themes of A Wrinkle in Time and other favorites from my childhood. In this novel a boy who can turn into a panther and girl who can turn into a white eagle travel to a place very much like Bhutan, but where magic works. The Kingdom of the Golden Dragon is so called because there is a golden dragon statue that lives in a secret chamber in the palace and guides the king, providing wisdom and foreknowledge. Of course, bad guys have been wanting to steal the statue for centuries, and now it seems they may succeed. Only with the help of the boy, the girl, two monks, and a bunch of yetis from the unexplored ranges of the Himalayas can the kingdom be saved from the thieves and their diabolical plot. ( )
  JBarringer | Dec 30, 2017 |
A little tedious and very predictable. It reminded me of a Clive Cussler novel with Buddhist culture mixed in for an interesting lesson. ( )
  MrsRich | May 8, 2017 |
READ IN DUTCH

I had heard so many good reviews about Isabel Allende, so I was curious to read some of her books. Well, that didn't turn out right, did it?

Part of the blame is on me though. I got this book from my library and had somehow missed it was the second part of the Eagle & Jaguar Trilogy. Oops, that obviously never helps, but is wasn't all.

The story just turned out to be terrible, I can't remember the details, but it felt awkward, and it wasn't written very well either. A big disappointment. Perhaps she's better when she isn't trying to write a YA book, but I haven't really had the courage to try another one of her books. ( )
  Floratina | May 26, 2016 |
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La estatua del Dragón de Oro permanece oculta en un reino pequeño y misterioso, enclavado en la cordillera del Himalaya. Y según cuenta la leyenda, este magnífico objeto, un poderoso instrumento de adivinación incrustado de piedras preciosas, preserva la paz de estas tierras. Una paz que ahora, por la codicia en el alma de los hombres, puede verse perturbada.
En El Reino del Dragón de Oro, Isabel Allende nos invita a entrar en una doble aventura. Alexander Cold, su abuela Kate y Nadia Santos, los protagonistas de La Ciudad de las Bestias, han vuelto a reunirse. Viviremos con ellos sus peripecias y vicisitudes en la belleza desnuda, limpia, de las montañas y los valles del Himalaya en compañía de nuevos amigos. Pero la pluma mágica de Allende también nos descubre el valor y la sencillez de las enseñanzas budistas a través del lama Tensing, maestro y guía espiritual de Dil Bahadur, el joven heredero del reino, a quien conduce por la senda del budismo y ha dado a conocer el valor de la compasión, de la naturaleza, de la vida, de la paz
 

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Isabel Allendeprimary authorall editionscalculated
Degenaar, RikkieTranslatorsecondary authorsome editionsconfirmed
Liverani, ElenaTranslatorsecondary authorsome editionsconfirmed
Peden, Margaret SayersTranslatorsecondary authorsome editionsconfirmed
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For my friend Tabra Tunoa, tireless traveler,
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The Buddhist Monk named Tensing and his disciple, Prince Dil Bahadur, had been climbing in the high peaks, north of the Himalayas for many days, a region of eternal ice where no one but a few lamas had ever ventured.
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Sixteen-year-old Alexander Cold accompanies his grandmother, a writer for a geography magazine, to the remote Forbidden Kingdom in the Himalayas to help locate a sacred statue of a golden dragon before it is stolen by a greedy outsider.

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