The Hidden Kingdom
by Tui Sutherland
★ Top 25 book of 2012 · #21 on Best Books of 2012
Glory, a sharp and secretly venomous dragonet, shelters with her fellow dragonets in the rain forest home of the RainWings. When tribe members start vanishing, she must search for them, even if it pulls the sleepy kingdom into war.
Best for: Young readers who enjoy dragon adventures and underdog heroines
The Hidden Kingdom is #21 on BookWard's Best Books of 2012, out of 58 2012 books that cleared our data bar.
What The Hidden Kingdom is about
Glory is a RainWing dragonet, and she is tired of what everyone assumes about her tribe. Older dragons keep hinting that she may never have been meant to be one of the dragonets of destiny at all. What nobody knows is how sharp she is, or that her venom is deadly.
When the dragonets take shelter in the rain forest, they find treetops full of RainWings who nap all day and know nothing of the war across Pyrrhia. Then dragons begin to vanish, and the RainWings neither notice nor care. Glory and her friends are determined to find the missing, even if it pulls this peaceful kingdom into the conflict. It is a story about stereotypes, hidden strength, and being underestimated.
The Hidden Kingdom on the Best Books of 2012
The Hidden Kingdom came out in 2012. Of the 58 books first published in 2012 that met BookWard's data bar, it ranks #21 on our Best Books of 2012 list.
Why it made the list: 317 readers have shelved it on Open Library; readers rate it 4.6 out of 5 (29 ratings). The list ranks each year’s books on how many readers have picked them up, how highly readers rate them, and how many are reading them right now.
Nearby on the 2012 list
- The Serpent's Shadow Rick Riordan, #19
- The Darkest Minds Alexandra Bracken, #20
- Why Nations Fail Daron Acemoglu, #22
- Antifragile Nassim Nicholas Taleb, #23
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The numbers behind it
- Readers: 258 want to read it, 18 are reading it now and 41 have read it, according to Open Library.
- Ratings: 4.6 out of 5 from 29 Open Library ratings.
| Signal | This book (0 to 100) | Weight |
|---|---|---|
| Reach | 48 | 55% |
| Reader love | 97 | 25% |
| Being read right now | 55 | 20% |
Questions about The Hidden Kingdom
When was The Hidden Kingdom published?
The Hidden Kingdom by Tui Sutherland was first published in 2012.
Was The Hidden Kingdom one of the best books of 2012?
The Hidden Kingdom is #21 on BookWard's Best Books of 2012, out of 58 2012 books that cleared our data bar. 317 readers have shelved it on Open Library; readers rate it 4.6 out of 5 (29 ratings).
Why is The Hidden Kingdom on the Best Books of 2012 list?
317 readers have shelved it on Open Library; readers rate it 4.6 out of 5 (29 ratings).
More of the best books of 2012
- Wonder R. J. Palacio, #1
- The Fault in Our Stars John Green, #2
- The Selection (the Selection #1) Kiera Cass, #3
- Drama Raina Telgemeier, #4
- Throne of Glass Sarah J. Maas, #5
- The Power of Habit Charles Duhigg, #6
See the full Best Books of 2012, the Top 100, or new books on Rising.
How we know
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