Dragon
Angie Rooker, Eben Schumacher
language
(Balance of Seven, May 1, 2020)
Everything within her quarreled over whether she wanted to be more gnome than dragon, or more dragon than gnome.-----Quiet and curious, Dragon Gaelen isnāt a typical dragon. For one, she was raised by gnomes.Having lost everything before she was hatched, Dragon knows very little about her origin. Growing up among the cob and wood houses of peaceful Gnome Colony, sheās always felt accepted and lovedābut never quite like she belonged.When her adoptive family enrolls her in the impressive Breezewillow Academy, Dragon believes it holds the key to the missing pieces of her past. Surrounded by students and teachers from all across Enchanted Sacred Garden, she hopes sheāll finally stop feeling like an outsider.However, Breezewillow isnāt at all what she expects. On her first day, she feels lost, overwhelmed, and betrayed. She believed meeting other dragons would help her find herself. Instead, she finds herself the target of their jokes, teased for her difference and never embraced as one of their own. Filled with shame and self-loathing, Dragon must choose to stay silent and bury her pastāor find her voice among the pain.A powerful story about being true to ourselves, Dragon takes us on a journey of self-acceptanceāillustrating how the choices we make impact the magic we wield.