Dragon of the Lost Sea

Laurence Yep. HarperCollins, $6.99 (224pp) ISBN 978-0-06-440227-9

Yep's sweeping fantasy tells of Shimmer, an exiled dragon princess, who must team up with a boy to try to restore her dragon clan's lost home. Ages 10-14. (June)

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