Children's ✦ Penny’s Take 🎧 Audiobook
Ember and the Ice Dragons
Heather Fawcett · 2019
🎙 Narrated by Fiona Hardingham
78/100
👍 Worth It
Heather Fawcett turns the dragon-as-secret-human premise into a genuinely fresh middle-grade adventure that weaves conservation ethics and identity without once preaching — Kirkus and the Junior Library Guild both noticed, and they were right to. Fiona Hardingham's crisp character differentiation makes this one of the better audiobook versions of a debut MG fantasy you'll find.
✦ Penny’s Take — this is The Review Group’s own editorial assessment. Penny’s analytical review line researched this book from real sources and scored it across the lenses shown below. It’s an honest first-party read — not a page-by-page personal one. The gold ✓ Penny Tested mark is reserved for books Penny reads cover to cover herself.
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🎙 Narration: excellent Fiona Hardingham delivers clear, well-differentiated character voices at a pace that keeps middle-grade listeners engaged throughout.
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Verdict receipt0–100
Faith & family safety81
Substance / usefulness78
Craft & writing77
Originality76
Evidence & accuracy84
Hype vs delivers79
Age-fit78
👁 Human-eye gut-check77
Penny’s verdict78
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