History Literature / Dragons

** Earlier on in the series there's a reference to (paraphrased from memory) '[[HarryPotter a popular series of books about a boy wizard going to school]]', and then in ''The Fire Eternal'', Gollygosh conjours up a screwdriver that 'looked very similar to the [[DoctorWho screwdriver used by the time travelling hero of the dragons' favourite television programme]]'.

* MrViceGuy: Mr. Bacon. He's the main antagonist for most of the first book, but he's not actually a bad person at all--just curmudgeonly. He becomes a grumpy good guy in the later books.

* SacrificialLion: [[spoiler: Oh, Sophie, we hardly knew ye.]] Also, [[spoiler: Gwillana could count as well.]] However, we do not see the characters reactions to it because they're all to busy. [[spoiler: They wouldn't miss her anyways, and its even lampshaded...well sort of.]]

* ImpaledWithExtremePrejudice: [[spoiler: '''David.''' Yes, d'Lacey killed off the protagonist of a children's book series in the goriest manner possible in the third book.]]
** In the fifth book, [[spoiler: Hannah.]]

* MindScrew: ''Fire Star'' is ''really'' heady for a children's book.

* SacrificialLion: [[spoiler: Oh, Sophie, we hardly knew ye.]]

* [[spoiler: WrongGirlFirst]]

* RewritingReality: David seems to be doing this in ''The Fire Within,'' with Gadzooks' help. He's understandably confused. [[spoiler: ''Fire Star'' reveals that Arthur can do it too.]]

* [[spoiler: {{God}}ith]]

The series begins when David, an [[OrdinaryHighSchoolStudent Ordinary College Student]], starts looking for a place to stay during his term. He finds a woman named Elizabeth "Liz" Pennykettle, who is renting out part of her house on a street called Wayward Crescent. David moves in with her and her ten-year-old daughter, Lucy. Liz is an artist--she makes clay dragons, and even gives David a dragon of his own, whom he names Gadzooks. As David settles into life with the Pennykettles, he starts noticing strange things - movement in the corner of his eye here, the feeling of being watched there, and odd noises everywhere. Through his adventures with Lucy, he soon realizes that there is more to the Pennykettles than there seems. Some of the dragons they make are just statuary, but some of them are ''alive.'' David refuses to believe this at first--but his sudden inspiration to write stories, and Gadzooks' own pen and paper, soon force him into believing that there is more to Wayward Crescent than it seems.

David is soon dragged deep into the secret history and world of dragons. Liz and Lucy are among the last protectors of the world's dragons--descendants of Guinivere, a maiden who befriended the last 'true' dragon. Dragons aren't the big beasts they once were--now, they must take clay bodies. But they still have dragon's sparks, deep down. And David and the Pennykettles must protect them from all who would do them harm!

* AesopAmnesia: Despite seeing the dragons ''alive'' at the end of the first book, he's back to [[ArbitrarySkepticism doubting their existence]] in the second.
* {{Americanitis}}: Sort of an ''inversion.'' The series ''does'' seem to take place in United States (the first book specifically mentions that Scrubbley is in Massachusetts), but the characters have somewhat British speech patterns, and there are odd British-isms here and there. Possibly because D'Lacy is a native Brit.

* ArthurDent: Henry Bacon--he never ''really'' knows what's going on, but he provides sturdiness in all the chaos surrounding him.

* FusionDance: This happens when the Fain "commingle." [[spoiler: By the end of Book 4, David also contains Ingavar, Thoran, Dr. Bergstrom, ''and'' G'lant. That's a lotta people in one body.]]

** "I wish she'd let ''me'' catch her."

** In the second book, Dr. Bergstrom lets David use his good luck scrimshaw for, well, good luck. When he discusses the matter with Zanna later, he asks her, "Did you shake his totem?" This elicits a shocked "''[[ThatCameOutWrong Pardon?!]]''" before David explains himself.

* [[spoiler: {{God}}(ith)]]

* ItGetsBetter: For better or for worse, the first book is not really that indicative of the rest of the series. It's a lot more innocent, a lot less action-y, and does not attempt to do any [[MindScrew interesting things with your mind.]]

* MostWritersAreWriters: David's a geology student, but becomes a writer through Gadzooks' help. [[WordOfGod D'Lacy confesses]] that David is a kind of AuthorAvatar.

* ShowWithinAShow: Books Within A Book--David's writings, especially once [[spoiler: he gets published.]]

* ThemeNaming: All dragons' names begin with "G." Up to and including, [[spoiler: {{God}}(ith) herself.]]

* TwoPartTrilogy: An ''inverse'' of the way it usually happens--the first two books form a more complete and coherent story, with the third one being more seperate.

* WiseBeyondTheirYears: Alexis in Book 4. It's strongly implied that [[spoiler: she chose her own parents and family before her birth, and has been manipulating things behind the scenes for a long time beforehand.]]

* [[spoiler: GooGooGodlike]]: Alexa. [[spoiler: She ''created her own father.'']]

* ArthurDent: In the fourth book, Tam Ferrel becomes this.

* BadassAbnormal: [[spoiler: Both David and Zanna.]]

* {{Americanitis}}: Sort of an ''inversion.'' The series ''does'' seem to take place in America (the first book specifically mentions that Scrubbley is in Massachusetts), but the characters have somewhat British speech patterns, and there are odd British-isms here and there. Possibly because D'Lacy is a native Brit.

* HonoraryUncle: Liz and [[spoiler: Arthur]] are this to Alexis.

* [[spoiler: SomeoneToRememberHimBy]]: The end of David's first story, ''Snigger and the Nutbeast.'' And at the end of the third book, [[spoiler: Zanna reveals she's pregnant with David's child.]]

* ArbitrarySkepticism: David doubting the dragons at first is completely logical, but by the second book, one wonders why his WeirdnessFilter is so hardy.

The series begins when David, an [[OrdinaryHighSchoolStudent Ordinary College Student]] starts looking for a place to stay during his term. He finds a woman named Elizabeth "Liz" Pennykettle, who is renting out part of her house on a street called Wayward Crescent. David moves in with her and her ten-year-old daughter, Lucy. Liz is an artist - she makes clay dragons, and even gives David a dragon of his own, whom he names Gadzooks. As David settles into life with the Pennykettles, he starts noticing strange things - movement in the corner of his eye here, the feeling of being watched there, and odd noises everywhere. Through his adventures with Lucy, he soon realizes that there is more to the Pennykettles than there seems. Some of the dragons they make are just statuary, but some of them are ''alive.'' David refuses to believe this at first - but his sudden inspiration to write stories, and Gadzooks' own pen and paper soon force him into believing that there is more to Wayward Crescent than it seems.

David is soon dragged deep into the secret history and world of dragons. Liz and Lucy are among the last protectors of the world's dragons - descendants of Guinivere, a maiden who befriended the last 'true' dragon. Dragons aren't the big beasts they once were - now, they must take clay bodies. But they still have dragon's sparks, deep down. And David and the Pennykettles must protect them from all who would do them harm!

* ItGetsBetter: The first book is not really that indicative of the rest of the series.

* MeaningfulEcho: In actions, the ending of ''[[ShowWithinAShow Snigger and the Nutbeast]]'' mimics those of [[spoiler: the ending of the third book. The hero (Conker/David) is dead, but there's SomeoneToRememberHimBy.]]
* MostWritersAreWriters: David's a meteorology student, but becomes a writer through Gadzooks' help. [[WordOfGod D'Lacy confesses]] that David is a kind of AuthorAvatar.

* RewritingReality: David seems to be doing this in ''The Fire Within,'' with Gadzooks' help. He's understandably confused.

* [[spoiler: {{Godith}}.]]

* [[LivingToys Living Dragon Figurines.]]

* OurDragonsAreDifferent.

* ThemeNaming: All dragons' names begin with "G." Up to and including, [[spoiler: Godith herself.]]

* [[spoiler: SomeoneToRememberHimBy]]: At the end of the third book, [[spoiler: Zanna reveals she's pregnant with David's child.]]

The ''Dragons'' series (also called ''TheLastDragonChronciles,'' but we're going with the first title used for the series here) is a group of bestselling children's fantasy novels, by author Chris D'Lacy. The series began in 2001, and is still ongoing. As of this writing, there are 5 main books in the series, plus a spinoff series for young readers.

The series begins when David, an [[OrdinaryHighSchoolStudent Ordinary College Student,]] starts looking for a place to stay during his term. He finds a woman named Elizabeth "Liz" Pennykettle, who is renting out part of her house on a street called Wayward Crescent. David moves in with her and her eleven-year-old daughter, Lucy. Liz is an artist--she makes clay dragons, and even gives David a dragon of his own, whom he names Gadzooks. As David settles into life with the Pennykettles, he starts noticing strange things--movement in the corner of his eye here, the feeling of being watched there, and odd noises everywhere. Through his adventures with Lucy, he soon realizes that there is more to the Pennykettles than there seems. Some of the dragons they make are just statuary, but some of them are ''alive.'' David refuses to believe this at first--but his sudden inspiration to write stories, and Gadzooks' own pen and paper, soon force him into believing that there is more to Wayward Crescent than is normal.

David is soon dragged deep into the secret history and world of dragons. Liz and Lucy are among the last protectors of the world's dragons--descendants of Gwendolyn. Dragons aren't the big beasts they once were--now, they must take clay bodies. But they still have dragon's sparks, deep down. And David and the Pennykettles must protect them from all who would do them harm!

* ''Firestar''

* AscendToAHigherPlaneOfExistence: [[spoiler: The fourth book reveals that David did this, and at the end, [[IGotBetter he gets better.]]]]
* CerebusSyndrome: One of the most dramatic examples in recent children's fiction--the first book is an adorable, harmless romp. By the third book, we have [[spoiler: David ''killed'' via an ice spike ''through the chest.'']]

* GRatedSex: Descendants of Gwendolyn can become pregnant (sort of) by thinking about the ones they love (or motherhood) in the presence of special clay [[WhaleEgg eggs.]] [[spoiler: The third book also [[GettingCrapPastTheRadar gets a reference to sex past the radar]] with a character knowingly saying that David and Zanna spent a lot of time "keeping each other warm."]]
* [[spoiler: {{God}}]](ith)

* ImpaledWithExtremePrejudice: [[spoiler: '''David.''' Yes, D'Lacy killed off the protagonist of a children's book series in the goriest manner possible in the third book.]]

* [[LivingToys Living Dragon Figurines]]

* OurDragonsAreDifferent

* ThemeNaming: All dragons' names begin with "G." Up to, and including, [[spoiler: God(ith) herself.]]

* WhaleEgg: Descendants of Gwendolyn hatch from eggs. ItMakesSenseInContext.

The ''Dragons'' series is a group of bestselling children's fantasy novels, by author Chris D'Lacy. The series began in 2001, and is still ongoing. As of this writing, there are 5 main books in the series, plus a spinoff series for young readers.

* ''Dark Star''

* OddNameOut: ''Dark Star'' is the only book title to not mention "fire" anywhere."