The Will to Conquer Trilogy
Len Lamendorf's Will to Conquer Trilogy has won 5 leading awards:
In Book 1The Crouching Dragon, winner of the prestigious Benjamin Franklin Fiction Award, Lamensdorf transported his readers to post World War II French Normandy, and in Book 2, The Raging Dragon, he provides a virtual guidebook to Paris, including maps of the city, the Château of Versailles and the underground Metro—plus drawings and diagrams of aircraft. This thriller earned the CHILDREN'S CHOICE AWARD from the Children's Book Council and the International Reading Association. Book 3, The Flying Dragon, with its wonderful tours and maps of Washington, D.C., and drawings of aircraft in the exhibits of the National Air & Space Museum was a finalist for the Foreword Magazine Book of the Year .
In Book 1The Crouching Dragon, winner of the prestigious Benjamin Franklin Fiction Award, Lamensdorf transported his readers to post World War II French Normandy, and in Book 2, The Raging Dragon, he provides a virtual guidebook to Paris, including maps of the city, the Château of Versailles and the underground Metro—plus drawings and diagrams of aircraft. This thriller earned the CHILDREN'S CHOICE AWARD from the Children's Book Council and the International Reading Association. Book 3, The Flying Dragon, with its wonderful tours and maps of Washington, D.C., and drawings of aircraft in the exhibits of the National Air & Space Museum was a finalist for the Foreword Magazine Book of the Year .
"..unusual, intriguing... suspense laden..."
Booklist (American Library Association)
"...amazingly interesting... so much fun to read, [kids] will not realize they also are absorbing lessons in honor and integrity."
Knoxville News-Sentinel
"... a rollicking adventure story that blends fact with fantasy...enormously entertaining..."
Children's Bookwatch
Booklist (American Library Association)
"...amazingly interesting... so much fun to read, [kids] will not realize they also are absorbing lessons in honor and integrity."
Knoxville News-Sentinel
"... a rollicking adventure story that blends fact with fantasy...enormously entertaining..."
Children's Bookwatch