There be Dragons On the Horizon – the great texas dragon race (Kacy Ritter)

Ahoy there me mateys!  I received an eArc of this young adult fantasy novel through NetGalley in exchange for me honest musings . . .

Title: the great texas dragon race
Author: Kacy Ritter
Publisher: HarperCollins Children’s Books
Publication Date: TODAY!!! (hardcover & e-book)
ISBN: 978-0063247925
Source:  NetGalley

Set in an alternate modern day Texas with dragons, this book is sure to please its target audience.  Cassidy Drake lives on at a dragon sanctuary ranch and helps her family maintain their rescue dragons.  Dragons are in her blood.  But unfortunately the ranch is barely surviving and may not have the funds to pay the taxes.  Cassidy wants to ride in the Great Texas Dragon Race and follow in the steps of her champion mother.  She wants to win and also wants the prize money to keep the ranch.  Her father worries for her safety and doesn’t want her to participate.

Of course Cassidy gets into the race but I have to admit that I was surprised at how the race unfolded.  Cassidy has to learn to deal with other competent dragon riders, make hard choices, and confront her own shortcomings.  I found her to be a wonderful protagonist to cheer for.  This was fast paced and fun. I enjoyed the different types of dragons.

I wouldn’t mind having an adult novel to talk about the intricacies of how the world of dragons works.  Arrr!

Goodreads has this to say about the novel:

Thirteen-year-old Cassidy Drake wants nothing more than to race with her best dragon, Ranga, in the annual Great Texas Dragon Race. Her mother was a racing legacy, and growing up on her family’s dragon sanctuary ranch, Cassidy lives and breathes dragons. She knows she could win against the exploitative FireCorp team that cares more about corporate greed than caring for the dragons. 

Cassidy is so determined to race that she sneaks out of her house against her father’s wishes and enters the competition. Soon, Cassidy takes to the skies with Ranga across her glorious Lone Star State. But with five grueling tasks ahead of her, dangerous dragon challenges waiting at each one, and more enemies than allies on the course, Cassidy will need to know more than just dragons to survive.

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