To Shape a Dragon's Breath To Shape a Dragon's Breath

To Shape a Dragon's Breath

The First Book of Nampeshiweisit

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Publisher Description

NATIONAL BESTSELLER • “My favorite book of the year . . . a coming-of-age story that is cozy and hair-raising in equal measure.”—Charlie Jane Anders, The Washington Post

“I tore through it, caught up in an enthusiasm for dragons that I hadn’t experienced since I was a teenager obsessed with Ursula Le Guin’s Earthsea and Anne McCaffrey’s Pern.”—NPR

A BEST BOOK OF THE YEAR: The Washington Post, NPR, PopSugar, Chicago Public Library, Polygon, She Reads, Autostraddle


The remote island of Masquapaug has not seen a dragon in many generations—until fifteen-year-old Anequs finds a dragon’s egg and bonds with its hatchling. Her people are delighted, for all remember the tales of the days when dragons lived among them and danced away the storms of autumn, enabling the people to thrive. To them, Anequs is revered as Nampeshiweisit—a person in a unique relationship with a dragon.

Unfortunately for Anequs, the Anglish conquerors of her land have different opinions. They have a very specific idea of how a dragon should be raised, and who should be doing the raising—and Anequs does not meet any of their requirements. Only with great reluctance do they allow Anequs to enroll in a proper Anglish dragon school on the mainland. If she cannot succeed there, her dragon will be killed.

For a girl with no formal schooling, a non-Anglish upbringing, and a very different understanding of the history of her land, challenges abound—both socially and academically. But Anequs is smart, determined, and resolved to learn what she needs to help her dragon, even if it means teaching herself. The one thing she refuses to do, however, is become the meek Anglish miss that everyone expects.

Anequs and her dragon may be coming of age, but they’re also coming to power, and that brings an important realization: the world needs changing—and they might just be the ones to do it.

GENRE
Sci-Fi & Fantasy
RELEASED
2023
May 9
LANGUAGE
EN
English
LENGTH
528
Pages
PUBLISHER
Random House Worlds
SELLER
Penguin Random House LLC
SIZE
7.1
MB

Customer Reviews

Rleve13 ,

W. O. W.

She has captured my imagination from beginning to end. The weaving of mischief and love of life shines through every page. Ms. Moniquill Blackgoose had me yearning for a world we lost with the refusal of any acceptance of the worth of all indigenous peoples. The inclusion of intelligent dragons was so well done. I will search for more of her work and devour it like a fine meal for the mind and soul…..

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