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The Dragon and the Stone: The Dream Keeper Saga, Book 1 (Kathryn Butler)
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This thrilling novel by Kathryn Butler mixes fantasy with Christian themes, taking middle-grade readers on a quest through castles, forests, and caverns to help a young girl find hope and usher in restoration.
- Christian Themes: This exciting story invites readers into deep conversations about the gospel and theological issues including faith, mourning, sacrifice, salvation, and redemption
- Ideal for Middle-Grade Readers and Families: Includes kids’ favorite fantasy and adventure elements with imaginative new characters and settings they’ll love
- Book 1 in the Dream Keeper Saga by Kathryn Butler
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The Dragon and the Stone
The Dream Keeper Saga, Book 1
An Adventure Novel for Middle-Grade Readers Steeped in Mystery and Glimmers of Hope
Even though she’s only 12 years old, Lily McKinley already feels the weight of the world’s brokenness. She’s seen it in her mother’s exhaustion, her grandmother’s illness, and the cruelty of Adam, the bully at her school. But most tragically, she experienced it two months ago when her father died in a terrible accident.
As an artistic daydreamer, Lily has a brilliant imagination to help her cope, but that imagination often gets her into trouble. One day, it transports her to a fantasy world called the Somnium Realm, where her father’s secret history embroils her in an epic quest. With the help of a dragon guide named Cedric, Lily battles evil shrouds, harpies, and other creatures to find her way through grief, rescue the world from evil, and discover the power of redemption.
Endorsements
“I could not put this book down! Butler brings creative imagination and spiritual depth together in a way that keeps children engaged and curious. The larger-than-life storyline of The Dragon and the Stone is worth daydreaming about at your desk and discussing with your family around the table. Be prepared for your kids to initiate creative projects after reading!”
— Gloria Furman, author, Labor with Hope and A Tale of Two Kings
“The Dragon and the Stone displays all the imagination a book about the realm of dreams should have. The stakes are high—in that realm, and this—but it’s worth braving the dangers.”
— James D. Witmer, Managing Editor, StoryWarren.com; author, A Year in the Big Old Garden, Beside the Pond, and The Strange New Dog
“The Dragon and the Stone invites young readers to make an exciting journey into the realm of dreams with Lily McKinley and her eccentric companions. With a great deal of inventiveness and a touch of whimsy, Kathryn Butler takes the reader on a perilous ride that they won’t want to end. I was gripped from the first chapter, and I expect families will soon be clamoring for the next book in The Dream Keeper Saga!”
— Betsy Childs Howard, Author, Arlo and the Great Big Cover-Up and Polly and the Screen Time Overload
“Interesting characters and exciting action, vivid locations, and important lessons. This is just the kind of book my children loved to read—and the kind of book I loved to read to them.”
— Tim Challies, blogger, Challies.com
About the Author
Kathryn Butler (MD, Columbia University) trained in surgery and critical care at Massachusetts General Hospital and Harvard Medical School, where she then joined the faculty. She left clinical practice in 2016 to homeschool her children, and now writes regularly for desiringGod.org on topics such as faith, medicine, and shepherding kids in the gospel.
Table of Contents
1: The Dragon in the Kitchen
2: The Knight in the Schoolyard
3: An Intruder in the Fortress
4: Race for Ambush Ledge
5: Twilight
6: Ogres and Kestrels
7: The Wilderness
8: The Cliff
9: Pax
10: Downriver
11: The Cascades
12: The Basin
13: The Cat and the Harpy
14: The Flying Emerald
15: Castle Iridyll
16: The Council
17: The Song
18: The Quest Begins
19: Fire in the Air
20: Lost in the Desert
21: The Forgotten
22: The Cave of Lights
23: Treachery
24: The Petrified Forest
25: The Catacombs
26: Eymah
27: The Escape
28: Beginnings and Endings
| Weight | 0.7 lbs |
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