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Drawn Together 

Minh Le and Dan Santat

When a young boy visits his grandfather, their lack of a common language leads to confusion, frustration, and silence. But as they sit down to draw together, something magical happens - with a shared love of art and storytelling, the two form a bond that goes beyond words.

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Dragon Mountain - Dragon Realm 

Katie and Kevin Tsang

The first in an exciting new series from the creators of Sam Wu, Dragon Mountain sets a group of children on an epic quest to free a quartet of fire-breathing beasts. Shortlisted for the British Book Awards Children's Fiction Book of the Year 2021 and for the Waterstones Children's Book of the Month for September 2020, Beast Quest meets Percy Jackson in this epic new fantasy series for 9+ readers!

Deep within the mountain, a great creature stirred in its sleep. Its eyes rolled back in its head, and its wings jerked wide open...

When 12-year-old Billy Chan finds out his parents are sending him to a summer camp in middle-of-nowhere China he doesn't know what to expect. There he meets fellow campers Dylan, Charlotte and Ling-Fei and together they stumble upon an age-old secret: four powerful warrior dragons, hidden deep within the mountain behind the camp. They have been trapped since an epic battle with the Dragon of Death and need the children's help to set them free before terrible evil is unleashed on the earth. Billy and his friends must set off on a dangerous adventure that will take them to the heart of the Dragon Realm. But can they save the dragon and human worlds from destruction?

Dragon Mountain is the first book in the Dragon Realm series by Katie and Kevin Tsang, co-authors of the Sam Wu is not Afraid series. Please here click for more information.