Dragon of the Red Dawn vs The Phoenix and the Carpet: Which Should You Read?
Both live on shelves: Brothers and sisters in fiction, Magic in fiction, Brothers and sisters, Magic, History, Children's fiction
Dragon of the Red Dawn
Merlin the magician will not eat or sleep or speak to anyone in Camelot. What can be done? The enchantress Morgan knows who to ask for help: young Jack and Annie of Frog Creek, Pennsylvania! The brother-and-sister team…
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The Phoenix and the Carpet
Five British children discover in their new carpet an egg, which hatches into a phoenix that takes them on a series of fantastic adventures around the world.
The verdict
- Ratings are close across the board — any is a safe pick by score.
- The Phoenix and the Carpet has the widest readership — 9887 ratings behind its score.
- Dragon of the Red Dawn runs the darker storyline; The Phoenix and the Carpet stays the lighter read.
How to choose
Scores by source
| Dragon of the Red Dawn | The Phoenix and the Carpet | |
|---|---|---|
| Goodreads | — | 4.0 (9887) |
| Hardcover | 3.9 (7) | 3.9 (20) |
| Google Books | 4.5 (6) | 5.0 (1) |
| Apple Books | 4.0 (162) | 4.0 (16) |
Reception
| Dragon of the Red Dawn | The Phoenix and the Carpet | |
|---|---|---|
| Ratings | 162 | 9887 |
| Editions | 18 | 438 |
| Film adaptations | — | 1 |
| Want to read | — | 4902 |
| Reading it now | — | 227 |
| Written reviews | — | 357 |
| Wikipedia attention | 19585 | 1081 |
| Pages | 108 | 155 |