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Dragon Mountain

by Katie & Kevin Tsang

Interest age: 9 to 11
Reading age: 9+

Published by Simon & Schuster, 2020

  • Adventure
  • Fantasy
  • Myths and legends

About this book

Billy Chan would rather spend his summer surfing than travelling to China for summer camp. But when he makes a new group of friends - nervous Dylan, kind-hearted Ling-Fei and confident Charlotte - they discover that nothing is as it seems on this particular trip.

The gang soon become embroiled in a world of magic and adventure as they discover four warrior dragons hidden in a nearby mountain. Teaming up with the incredible beasts, they enter a huge battle to stop powerful dark forces from destroying the world...

Dragon Mountain is the first in a new series from Sam Wu authors Katie and Kevin Tsang, and young readers will be desperate to read the next instalment after devouring this thrilling story.

Full of powerful messages about friendship and loyalty - alongside a welcome theme of recognising everyone's individual strengths - Dragon Mountain is a proper quest packed with fantasy, intrigue and pork buns.

With jaw-dropping twists, nail-biting clashes, astonishing creatures and a beautifully realised world, there's so much fun to be had in the Dragon Realm.

About the author

Katherine Webber is originally from California but currently lives in London. She has also lived and worked in Hong Kong, Maui, and Atlanta.

Her debut YA novel Wing Jones was published by Walker Books in the UK and Penguin Random House/Delacorte in the US. Katherine also writes the young fiction series Sam Wu is Not Afraid as Katie Tsang with her husband Kevin Tsang. 

Katherine is a former BookTrust employee and we all miss her terribly!

About the author

Kevin Tsang was born in Copenhagen in 1987 to Hong Kong Chinese parents and raised in Atlanta, Georgia. He’s lived and worked in the USA, Australia and Hong Kong, and is currently based in London.

Kevin is the co-author of the young fiction series Sam Wu is Not Afraid, which he writes with his wife, author Katie Tsang (nee Katherine Webber). The series was inspired by wanting to see more books featuring children from Asian heritage backgrounds but which are accessible and enjoyable to all children. Some of Sam Wu’s experiences are based on Kevin’s own childhood. In each Sam Wu book, Sam faces a different fear but, with the support of his family and friends, as well as his own bravery, he’s able to overcome each worry. Kevin hopes that children will be both inspired and entertained by the Sam Wu books.

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