For some reason I have never been grabbed by the books of Wendy Orr, but this has changed with DragonFly Song. What a superb book for upper primary or secondary readers. My wife and daughter will scold me for saying it is a girl’s book. I don’t know how many words are in the book because many of the pages are formatted as verse. It is a lengthy fantasy book. I enjoyed the book and recommend it to lower secondary school girls.