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Best books for teens product books for toddlers key. Gork the teenage dragon is a wildly comic, beautifully imagined, and deeply heartfelt debut novel that shows us just how human a dragon can be. Dave eggers gork isnt like the other dragons at warwings military academy. Gork, the teenage dragon vintage contemporaries by gabe. You dont want to miss this interview brought to you by netgalley, meryl moss media and. The novel takes place at warwings military academy for draconum, an elite high school for young dragons. Read this excerpt from gork, the teenage dragon meet gork the terrible, a sixteenyearold dragon who wants to set the record straight about his species, in this excerpt from gabe hudsons new novel. Interview with gabe hudson, author of gork, the teenage. He has a gigantic heart, twoinch horns, and an occasional problem with fainting. About this novel, dave eggers wrote, no good human wont love this dragon named gork.
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Free shipping and pickup in store on eligible orders. A love story, a fantasy, and a comingofage story, gork the teenage dragon is a wildly comic, beautifully imagined, and deeply heartfelt debut novel that shows us just how human a dragon can be. Hes dealing with weak dragon problems, like a too big heart, a controlling and disappointed grandfather, and tiny horns. Watch our author video interview, 15 minutes withgabe hudson, now. Gork, cursed with laughably tiny horns, a tendency to faint in moments of crisis, and a compassionate heartthe last of which is considered the greatest failing for a dragonis a teenage. Gork the teenage dragon is every story of young adult high school trauma and liberation only you know, with dragons. Our narrator is gork, a clumsy but very determined student at warwings military. A oneday story that still manages to serve as both a comingofage tale and a ridiculous romp through your worst high school memories, gork, the teenage dragon hits a lot of emotional soft spots for readers. But finally it is gorks biggest perceived weakness, his huge heart, that will guide him through his epic quest and help him reach his ultimate destination.