Dragons! Magic! Family! Friendship! And more! This was so much fun and I am delighted that I found this book! 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.

Fast forward three years later and her mother has remarried and moved to Hong Kong. Grave attends an international school where she feels like an outcast, but before long, she meets a trio of friends who take her out for a day on the town. Grace meets an old woman selling jewelry who hands her what appears to be a decorative egg of some kind. But when the egg hatches into a bitty blue dragon, Grace realizes she has to keep it safe. When a batch of goons show up, she and her friends race against time to get help. Someone wants the dragon for their own purposes, but our Grace isn't going to let that go down. Sedric – one of the main protagonists, secretary to Hest Finbok, he is assigned to accompany Alise Finbok on her journey. Keeper of Relpda. 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. You can’t review a graphic novel without first talking about the artwork. The art in this book is colorful, vibrant, and full of life. It complemented the story beautifully. Additionally, the dragon illustrations were superb. They were depicted as fierce and majestic.

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 Auch das Setting ist gekonnt gewählt: Hongkong. Die detailreichen und farbenfrohen Schilderungen transportieren Lokalkolorit, das authentisch wirkt. Selbstverständlich gilt dies nicht für die Geschichte, die darin angesiedelt ist. Und das ist auch gut so, denn gelungene Fantasy gibt sich - wie hier - unendliche Mühe in den Details.

Die Mutter findet einen neuen Mann. Hank arbeitet in einem erfolgreichen Unternehmen, das sich mit der Erforschung von Krankheiten wie Krebs und der Verlängerung der Lebenszeit von Menschen beschäftigt. Hank wird von seiner Arbeit stark vereinnahmt. Daher ziehen Grace und ihre Mutter zu ihm nach Hongkong. Grace geht auf eine neue Schule und lernt dort neue Freunde kennen.

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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. 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. The art was really fun in this graphic novel. I love the style and definitely want to see what else Vivian Truong has done! In a tent, Selden, an elderling is being kept a slave. Two men come into the tent discussing the terms of the trade, and whether it is worth it to buy him, believing him to be half dragon. Selden tells them it is not true and begs to go home but they ignore him.