Day of the Dragon King vs Vacation Under the Volcano: Which Should You Read?
Both live on shelves: Hermanos, Tree houses, Brothers and sisters, Time Travel, Magic, Children's fiction
Day of the Dragon King
The magic treehouse takes Jack and Annie back two thousand years to ancient China where they must find the original copy of an old legend before the Imperial Library is burned down by the evil Dragon King.
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Vacation Under the Volcano
Their magic tree house takes Annie and Jack to Pompeii just as Vesuvius is about to erupt, and they must find a Roman scroll before everything is covered with burning ash.
The verdict
- Readers rate Day of the Dragon King highest: Day of the Dragon King 4.4 · Vacation Under the Volcano 4.0.
- Vacation Under the Volcano has the widest readership — 15681 ratings behind its score.
- Vacation Under the Volcano reaches further in scholarship and criticism — cited 3 times.
Scores by source
| Day of the Dragon King | Vacation Under the Volcano | |
|---|---|---|
| Goodreads | — | 4.0 (15681) |
| Hardcover | — | 4.0 (18) |
| Google Books | 4.5 (3) | 5.0 (2) |
| Apple Books | 4.5 (110) | 4.5 (180) |
Reception
| Day of the Dragon King | Vacation Under the Volcano | |
|---|---|---|
| Ratings | 110 | 15681 |
| Editions | 25 | 31 |
| Citations | 2 | 3 |
| Want to read | — | 4412 |
| Reading it now | — | 887 |
| Written reviews | — | 585 |
| Pages | 79 | 74 |