We love the excitement of a new book, so we can’t wait to read Dragon Skin by Karen Foxlee when it comes out in September. This is a cover that really draws you in. Did you hear that there’s magic and dragons in this book? Count us in!
Karen Foxlee is an award-winning author for both kids and adults—she’s written some of our favourite kids’ books of the last few years, including A Most Magical Girl, Ophelia and the Marvelous Boy, and Lenny’s Book of Everything, which took home the Ethel Turner Prize for Young People’s Literature at the 2020 NSW Premier Literary Awards. Foxlee has a beautiful way of combining magical stories with relatable characters that are loved by both kids and parents alike.
Foxlee has been dreaming up magical stories since she was a young girl, so it’s no wonder that she’s become a writer with a hugely creative imagination! Foxlee now lives in South East Queensland with her daughter and many animals, including parrots.
So what is Dragon Skin all about? It’s a story about a young girl called Pip. She really misses her friend Mika. And she’s a bit stressed at home with her mum and her mum’s new boyfriend, so she likes to go and sit by the waterhole at dusk. Pip can escape from things there. It’s there that Pip finds a dragon struggling for life, and she’s determined to save it. How? She has a plan.
How to save a dragon:
1) Assemble equipment. Water, Weet-Bix, sugar, syringe, sticky tape, scissors.
2) Believe in everything.
We can’t wait to read about Pip’s journey in Dragon Skin. It’s sure to be a heart-warming read for readers aged 10+. You can also take a sneak peek of the story here with this chapter sampler.
Dragon Skin is released on September 28, 2021.
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