When fifteen-year-old Sarah Dewhurst and her father can't afford to hire workers to help them out on their Frome, Washington farm, they resort to what poor farmers in 1957 have to do: they hire a dragon. Sara knows their selection of a Russian blue dragon is controversial given the Cold War, but as a biracial teen, she's used to being given the cold shoulder (and worse). Sarah forms a bond with the dragon Kazimir and he becomes her protector for reasons that become clear when a missionary named Malcolm from a dragon-worshiping cult seeks her out to fulfill a prophecy. Iowa High School Award 2022-2023. http://www.mackinvia.com/7276918 .

LEXILE HL730 FIC. https://www.teachingbooks.net/ql3gtq7.