Exploring the Galapagos, he is left shipwrecked on an almost uninhabitable island home to the most extraordinary creatures.

I found the golden dragon the most interesting character in the book as it was trying to harm the stranded servant, yet it did not kill him. Galvin weaves a spellbinding narrative, imagining a thrilling period of absence in Darwin's journals and exploring the wonders and responsibilities of an uncharted world.Covington finds himself stranded on Narborough Island, a treacherous place with an impending volcanic eruption. What if the boy discovered something new, something so incredible, something he was so passionate about that it drove a wedge between him and the clinical-minded scientist? Young Simon Covington joins the crew of the Beagle as a fiddler and soon rises to the post of Darwin's personal assistant.

It would be a great book for those children that are slightly older and may have previously loved dragon books but wish to find something more mature. Darwin’s Dragons follows the story of Syms, a thirteen-year-old cabin boy who is a servant of Darwin’s, who gets stranded on one of the Galapagos Islands. It has a very interesting plot, but I think the focus is mainly on the characters, which isn’t a bad thing. A kiadás maga is nagyon szép, a Manó Könyvek erre a darabra is büszke lehet, jó dolgokat csinálnak az utóbbi években is, na.A történet egy jólelkű hajósinasról szól, aki egy tengeri viharban elveszik és sikerül pont egy aktív vulkánnal és egy sárkánnyal rendelkező szigetre vetődnie… pech szériáját igyekszik jobbra fordítani, ahogy megél és túlél, közben egy sor gyerekfülnek és felnőttfülnek egyaránt megfontolandó üzenetet és értéket is képviselnek a kalandjai.