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Dragon City (Dragon Realm 3)
by Katie and Kevin Tsang (Authors)
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Booktalk: In book 3 of the Dragon Realm trilogy, Billy Chan and his friends have been transported 5,000 years into the future where the evil Dragon of Death has become ruler of Dragon City. Humans now live to serve the dragon population, and it’s no different for Billy, Charlotte, Dylan, and Ling-Fei. After losing contact with their own dragons, they’re determined to track them down in this new city, even if it means putting their own lives at risk. But one dragon has turned to the dark side and has no plans to return. With the help of a new clan of dragons, can the four friends undo the Dragon of Death’s villainous work–or will she triumph eternally?

Snippet: Billy couldn’t imagine how powerful and strong the Dragon of Death must be now. She had devoured an entire world’s worth of energy, and all that was left in both realms was Dragon City. Billy knew that they would never be able to defeat her outright, and even if they did, this world wasn’t fit for humans. The only way they could truly win would be to defeat her and then find a way to go back to a time before Dragon City ever existed.

The Weeping Tide (Wilderlore #2)
by Amanda Foody (Author)
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Booktalk: Something is wrong at the Sea. The weeping tide, a carnivorous algae bloom, is eating up all the fish. Beasts are terrorizing the nearby Elsewheres. And Lochmordra, the Legendary Beast, is rising at random and swallowing ships whole.

Barclay’s teacher, the famous Guardian Keeper Runa Rasgar, has been summoned to investigate, and as her apprentice, Barclay gets to join too. But Runa’s nemesis has also been called to the Sea, and he’s brought apprentices of his own. When the not-so friendly competition between them grows fierce, it’s Barclay–the only one from the Elsewheres–who can’t seem to keep up.

The key to stopping Lochmordra lies in his mythical home, but as the flood of the weeping tide encroaches, time is running out to find it. If the rival groups can’t cast aside old grudges and learn to work together, soon the Sea will be destroyed completely. And all the while Barclay must ask himself: is there truly a place for him in the Wilderlands?

Snippet: “Why are they collecting …dirt?” asked Shazi.

“Bog peat makes good fuel for fires,” Cyril answered, and Barclay realized this explained why the hearth in the Guild House always smelled so earthy. He quickly jotted that down in his notes. “But that isn’t why I brought you here today. The bogs are home to all sorts of Beasts, and I thought we could study them. In particular, the bogs are famous for preserving the bodies and fossils of long extinct species that roamed the world thousands of years ago. Wouldn’t it be fascinating if we were to discover one?”

“Discover an old body? Like bones?” Hasu asked, horrified.