Children of the Dragon; Revenge of the Rainbow Dragons, by Rose Estes

[rachelmanija]

Children of the Dragon is a small-scale but otherwise standard story about three siblings and their dragon eggs; ends just as it starts to get interesting, that is, with the hatching. I wonder if a sequel was intended but never written? It certainly read that way.

Revenge of the Rainbow Dragons is an adorable, lighthearted entry in the Endless Quest (same principle as Choose Your Own Adventure), with rainbow dragons, a castle in the clouds, and a bratty princess.

My favorite Rose Estes book, and also my favorite Endless Quest (D&D-based, which I preferred to Choose Your Own Adventure), is still Circus of Fear, which has three totally different and super-fun tracks in which you run away to a fantasy circus and apprentice with 1) fantasy animal trainers, 2) freaks, 3) acrobats. Obviously 1 is best because blink dogs, pegasi, etc., but the other two, with very sympathetic “freaks” and an arrogant acrobat, are fun as well.

Any of you read Endless Quest and/or Choose Your Own Adventure? Which was your favorite, or most memorably bonkers? Anyone else stick slips of paper at choice points to help you backtrack when you ran out of fingers?

Revenge of the Rainbow Dragons (An Endless Quest Book, 6) (Pick A Path to Adventure)



Circus of Fear (An Endless Quest Book, 10)

Comments

[ellen_fremedon]

CYOA books were so short I usually just read them straight through in order so that I could see all the outcomes without having to backtrack. I could usually figure out how the segments slotted together as I went.

[sholio]

My inner 12-year-old is curling up into a little ball of horror at the very idea, LOL. I used to get upset if I even so much as accidentally peeked at a page I hadn't read yet and cheated on one of the outcomes!

[genarti]

I did that too! I always resented it when I got bad endings -- I was a stubborn kid who didn't like to choose the wrong answer -- so I very quickly noped out of the CYOA framework. But I wanted spoilers for what possible endings would have been good ones!