The Dragon Waking

Gr 5–7—Thirteen-year-old Rose Gallagher shares only one thing in common with her dad: an interest in rock hunting. When she discovers a rare stone in the Nevada desert, she doesn't expect to find a shape-shifting dragon as well—and there's no way she can tell her dad about Jade. With the help of her late mother's friend, Mrs. Jersey, Rose is able to communicate with the green dragon. She, along with Mrs. Jersey and best friend Clay, learns that Jade is the first of her kind to awaken millions of years after the comet that killed the dinosaurs—and, it turns out, drove the dragons into an enchanted sleep to survive. The rare stone is a fragment of that comet, known as the Harbinger, and it can be used to awaken all of the sleeping dragons, which is what Rex Triumph, the sinister casino king who is actually a dragon, desperately wants. Rose and Jade bravely face a fierce battle in the skies of Las Vegas to keep the Harbinger out of Rex Triumph's hands. This fast-paced, imaginative fantasy adventure will appeal to Percy Jackson fans, who will likely demand a sequel.