

Oh look, an African Tiger-Stripe just flew by the window. It was either go through the process or have the curse come back full force, and I really didn’t want that to happen. I had to start the whole testing and training process again. It sucked after the Yellow-Tip was gone and I was cleared of its influence. I thought I was going to get it a few years ago when Mattie got hers, but my bonding with the Yellow-Tip Dragon didn’t stick even with the fancy charms the Master Dragon Trainer created. This year, I’m getting my dragon for Christmas, and I’ll have different charms that hopefully won’t make me feel crummy all the time. I glance out the window to the training yard. “I’ll eat something later, I promise.” I have to respond, or Mom’ll keep bugging me. I know they are supposed to fight the curse, but do they have to make me feel so bad? Even the ones my dad helps to create.

The magical charms upset my stomach to the point where I can’t eat. How do you expect to keep your strength?” “Carmen, mija, you awake? Do you want something to eat?” NineStar Press | Amazon | Barnes & Noble | Kobo Carmen has decided that if she doesn’t get her dragon this Christmas she’s not going to go for a third attempt, even if that means she can’t marry Mattie when she grows up. The testing is difficult and charms make her sick. That is something Carmen doesn’t want to have to go through. If she passes her test she gets her dragon, if not, she has to start all over relying on different magical charms to fight the curse for her.

But that can’t stop her from taking her finale test to become a Dragon Keeper. The second was that she was going to marry her best friend, Mattie.Īs Christmas approaches the magical charms Carmen has to use to fight off her curse are taking their toll on her Health. One, she was going to be the strongest Dragon Keeper there ever was. Since she was seven years old, she understood two things. Neu has a new FF holiday book out – a little late on the announcement, but we were snowed under with new books in December:Ĭarmen is eleven years old and wants to get her dragon.
