A soaring coming-of-age novel.' - THE OBSERVER In a world where girls and women are taught to
be quiet the dragons inside them are about to be set free ... In this timely and timeless
speculative novel set in 1950s America Kelly Barnhill exposes a world that wants to keep
girls and women small - and examines what happens when they rise up. Alex Green is four years
old when she first sees a dragon in her next-door neighbour's garden in the spot where the old
lady usually sits. The huge dragon an astonished expression on its face opens its wings and
soars away across the rooftops. Then Alex's mother disappears and reappears a week later
with no explanation as to where she has been. But she is a ghostly shadow of her former self
and with scars across her body - wide deep burns as though she had been attacked by a monster
who breathed fire. Alex growing from young girl to fiercely independent teenager is desperate
for answers but doesn't get any. Whether anyone likes it or not the Mass Dragoning is coming.
Everything is about to change forever. Perfect for fans of THE HANDMAID'S TALE VOX and THE
POWER.
