"Dragons are the tangible cost of industrialization in E. K. Johnston's wry young adult novel, 'The Story of Owen: Dragon Slayer of Trondheim.' Johnston sets her story in present-day rural Ontario, but her world is one in which dragons, attracted from their breeding grounds by /5(90). When Owen Thorskard's aunt, the most famous dragon slayer in Canada, is injured on the job, the extended family moves to a small town in southwestern Ontario. Besieged by dragons and bemused by algebra, Owen turns to local musician, Siobhan McQuaid, first to be his tutor, and then his bard. Together, Owen and Siobhan brave fire and worse to help save their town, no matter how many . · Dragons are the tangible cost of industrialization in E. K. Johnston’s wry young adult novel, “The Story of Owen: Dragon Slayer of Trondheim.”. Johnston sets her Estimated Reading Time: 4 mins.
When Owen Thorskard's aunt, the most famous dragon slayer in Canada, is injured on the job, the extended family moves to a small town in southwestern Ontario. Besieged by dragons and bemused by algebra, Owen turns to local musician, Siobhan McQuaid, first to be his tutor, and then his bard. Get this from a library! The story of Owen: dragon slayer of Trondheim. [E K Johnston] -- In an alternate world where industrialization has caused many species of carbon-eating dragons to thrive, Owen, a slayer being trained by his famous father and aunt, and Siobahn, his bard, face a. Johnston started writing fan fiction in , and wrote her first manuscript in Her first book, The Story of Owen: Dragon Slayer of Trondheim, was published in , and is set in an alternate present-day Ontario where dragons are both real and a menace. The review in The New York Times called the book "a clever first step in the career.
When Owen Thorskard's aunt, the most famous dragon slayer in Canada, is injured on the job, the extended family moves to a small town in southwestern Ontario. Besieged by dragons and bemused by algebra, Owen turns to local musician, Siobhan McQuaid, first to be his tutor, and then his bard. Together, Owen and Siobhan brave fire and worse to help save their town, no matter how many dragons get in their way. In her first novel, The Story of Owen (), author E.K. Johnston blends fantasy, allegory, and young adult tropes to create an alternate reality in which dragons are not only real, but are also hopelessly addicted to fossil fuels. Aimed at middle to higher grade readers, the novel is the first in a series, following the adventures of a young man whose family legacy is dragon slaying – adventures told through the eyes and words of an unassuming teenager who becomes the dragon slayer’s bard. Dragons are the tangible cost of industrialization in E. K. Johnston’s wry young adult novel, “The Story of Owen: Dragon Slayer of Trondheim.”. Johnston sets her story in present-day rural.
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