Isle Of The Lost By Melissa De La Cruz Summary

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In this fantasy story, Isle of the Lost by Melissa De La Cruz, there are 4 friends that have to satisfy their parents in different ways but they have one thing in common which is the Dragon’s Eye. That might sound weird but it is really powerful. The 4 friends are villains from all the fairytales. For example, Mal, daughter of Maleficent, Evie, daughter of Evil Queen , Jay, son of Jafar and last but not least Carlos, son of Cruella De Vil. All these are parents of villains of what you might have heard in the fairytales. Mal, Evie, Carlos, and Jay don’t get along often. They all have 1 thing to accomplish which is to find the Dragon’s Eye in order to escape the island they are all living in. The island is called Isle of the Lost. People who have committed crime live in that island for about 20 years. There is also an island called Auradon which is total opposite of Isle of the Lost. This island is for the innocent people that the people of the Isle of the Lost have tried to …show more content…
“Don’t you want to prove to me? Prove that you are worthy of my daughter?” her mother asked quietly” (De La Cruz Pg.113). Maleficent knows her daughter’s imperfections which are trying to conspicuously show her mother how deserving she is to her. Mal tries her best to verify to her mother how deserving she to be her daughter. “She’d forgotten to tell her mother about the mean trick she pulled on Evie at the party, not that it would have been evil enough for the great Maleficent, either” (De La Cruz Pg. 114). Mal knew that nothing was going to spectacular to blow her mother’s mind away it was just impossible. As you know Mal is just like Maleficent she is stubborn and will do anything to prove to her mother. The only hope was the Dragon’s Eye to prove to her mother that she was worthy enough to be her

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