Although the child never knew her mother, she did leave her daughter a gift of "mind-pearls," memories to be released to Seraphina by specific triggers. Only when Seraphina's mother died in childbirth did he learn her true nature. Dragons know how to disguise themselves as humans, so everyone believes Seraphina to be entirely human-just as Seraphina's father believed her mother to be. Narrator Seraphina, as readers quickly discover, is the product of a dragon mother and a human father.
In medieval Lavondaville, the capital of Goredd, an uneasy truce exists between dragons and humans.
Rachel Harman's captivating debut novel explores the pains 16-year-old Seraphina suffers as an outsider as well as the rewards of excelling in something she loves.
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