The Awakening Storm: A Graphic Novel (City of Dragons #1)

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Auf dem Nachhauseweg wird Grace von einer Gruppe Jugendlicher abgefangen. Sie ziehen sie mit dem Wort Mischling auf und lästern über ihre Eltern. Zu Hause ist Grace verwirrt und berichtet ihrem Vater von dem Vorfall. Dieser tröstet seine Tochter mit einer Geschichte aus lang vergangener Zeit. When Grace moves to Hong Kong with her mum and new stepdad, her biggest concern is making friends at her fancy new boarding school.

I loved reading about the dragons, get some more mythology, and see Grace’s dragon grow and learn more about him. Did you know that a dragon is very expensive to keep? XD Sedric – one of the main protagonists, secretary to Hest Finbok, he is assigned to accompany Alise Finbok on her journey. Keeper of Relpda.

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Dragons! Magic! Family! Friendship! And more! This was so much fun and I am delighted that I found this book! Let's talk about Grace. Like I said earlier, she's super fierce and I loved her from the very start. But after her father dies, we see a change in her. She's meek and definitely lives inside of herself. I loved seeing her true nature come through as the story progresses and her friends definitely help with that. I wasn’t sure about Grace’s new friends at first, but I really started to like them as the story continued and I am definitely hoping that all these kids get a dragon so they can form a team. Because hey, according to the legend there are more dragons and I definitely need them in my life! I need more adventure. Grace has moved to Hong Kong with her new stepdad's job. Grace is still grieving her dad who died of cancer, but she's trying to make the best of things. During her first week at her new international school Grace is out in Kowloon on a field trip when an old lady palm reader uses a phrase her dad used to talk to Grace about, mixed blood, only in her dad's stories it refers to a legend about people who had a mix of human and dragon blood. Grace is pretty sure the old lady is just telling her she's half-Caucasian, half-Asian, but then the old lady gives Grace a strange orb. The next day that orb hatches into a very real baby water dragon. Soon Grace and a few kids from school are hunting down where the little dragon could've come from and why it was given to Grace.

The art was really fun in this graphic novel. I love the style and definitely want to see what else Vivian Truong has done!

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Sintara – one of the main protagonists, a blue dragon queen with gleaming copper eyes (Thymara's dragon). Einer von ihnen, Ramesh, stiftet sie an, während eines Schulausflugs abzuhauen und auf den nahen Markt zu gehen. Grace ist unwohl dabei, macht jedoch mit und wird dort schnell von einer Handleserin vereinnahmt, die bald schon schnell und in einer fremden Sprache auf sie einredet. Ein Marktarbeiter übersetzt, dass die Handleserin kein Geld möchte. Stattdessen hat sie ein Geschenk für Grace: Ein riesiges blaues Ei.

Diese Geschichte beruhigt Grace. Der Alltag holt sie bald wieder ein. Doch der starke Husten, der ihren Vater tagtäglich begleitet, eskaliert. Irgendwann bricht er zusammen. Es wird Krebs diagnostiziert. Als ihr Vater dann stirbt, ist das Mädchen am Boden zerstört. Ab da an beginnt für Grace ein großes Abenteuer. Denn am nächsten Morgen ist das Ei vom Nachttisch verschwunden. Überall liegen Eierschalen, deren Spur ins nahegelegene Bad führt. Und plötzlich tritt das Fantastische in ihre Welt. Denn in der Toilette schwimmt nichts anderes als ein kleiner Babydrache ... But when a mysterious old woman gifts her a dragon egg during a field trip, Grace discovers that the wonderful stories of dragons she heard when she was a young girl might actually be real – especially when the egg hatches overnight. I love the Hong Kong setting and the international school student featured in this. It will be a huge hit with our international students here in Bangkok who can relate to the third culture kid experience. (As an international school teacher in Asia for almost 2 decades, I thought the depiction of what an international school is really like was about 70% correct, and 30% close but not quite, but hey, I'm just glad to see one in a middle grade book!) The dragon was also very cute, and the way the legend about mixed blood and Grace wrestling with her mixed heritage worked together very well. There's a mystery that gets somewhat revealed towards the end of this and now I need book 2 as soon as possible. I'm so curious to see where things go next!

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All in all this story had me up late last night. I'm a little tired BUT a good tired because I know it wasn't because I was scrolling through Reddit or solving a crime via youtube. This was a very good use of my time and I cannot wait for future installments.