Wings of Fire The lost Heir

"Wings of Fire" by to Tui T. Suthernland is about a Seawing named Tsunami who travels to the sea kingdom, finds her family, and goes through quite the struggle. Her friends Sunny, Clay, Starflight and Glory get thrown in jail by Tsunami's new mother, or Queen Coral. A person she thought she trusted turned out to have lied to her the entire time, and an old sister of hers was a special kind of dragon that had a certain ability passed on to an Anemone who is also her sister. Tsunami gets thrown in jail as well, but escapes with her friends later on during an attack from the sky kingdom. They are now  on their way to the forest of the Rainwings to help a friend that has got poisoned by one of the queens!

One of the themes I have found in the book was that nothing beats chosen family. When Tsunami was with her new family it didn't come close to how she felt with her friends. " She was surprised at how warm and happy she felt to be back with her friends again. This is how she'd expected to feel among the seawings." pg 180 There is also when Tsunami is back with Clay and its feels better then anything that the sea kingdom could provide. " Clay's deep breathing under her snout was more calming than any seaweed bed or pearl studded under water palace."pg 187 The last one is when Tsunami is flying up the canopy during the attack from the skywings and knows that she has a family that needs her more, loves her more, and she loves. "Too late now. She had this other family, not at all normal, and they need her more than anyone." pg 281 Nothing beats chosen family is my theme for my book and the examples.

I would recommend this book to other 7th graders who are into fantasy. It is very interesting, fun, and plenty of drama. This book has dragons, and some people that they call scavengers. It has no other fairy tale creatures, but is still a great book. There are 6 books in total. Some other books by this author is Pet Trouble, Avatars, Harry Houdini? and a lot more. You should read some of these other wonderful books.

Some cool facts about Tui T. Suthernland, is she was born on July 31st, 1978, in Caracas, Venezuela. In 2009 she was a contestant on Jeopardy. Wrote over 20 books and most are series. Also, and finally her birth sign is a Leo! I hope you read these books and the sequels. You should also check out the author.http://www.goodreads.com/author/show/374504.Tui_T_Sutherland