Ember and the Ice Dragons

Ember St. George is a dragon. At least she was before her adoptive fathera powerful but accident-prone Magicianturned her into a human girl to save her life.

Unfortunately, Ember's growing tendency to burst into flames at certain temperaturesnot to mention her invisible wingsis making it too dangerous for her to stay in London. The solution: ship Ember off to her aunt's research station in frigid Antarctica.

Though eccentric Aunt Myra takes getting used to, Ember quickly feels at home in a land of ice storms, mischievous penguins, and twenty-four-hour nights. She even finds herself making friends with a girl genius called Nisha and a mysterious orphan named Moss.

Then she discovers that Antarctica is home to the Winterglass Hunt, a yearly tradition in which rare ice dragons are hunted for their jeweled scales. Furious, Ember decides to join the hunt to sabotage it from the inside.

But being an undercover dragon isn't easyespecially among dragon hunters. Can a twelve-year-old fire dragon survive the dangers that come her way in the Antarctic wilderness and protect the ice dragons from extinction? (From Balzer + Bray)

Heather Fawcettis a middle-grade fantasy writer from Vancouver Island. She is also the author ofThe Language of GhostsandEven the Darkest Stars.

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