Best friends Ember the Fire Dragon and Gus the Mushroom Dragon search for a magic jewel in the first installment of this full-color,fantasy adventure series perfect for beginning readers! Pick a book. Grow a Reader! This series is part of Scholastic’s early reader lineAcornaimed at children who are learning to read. With easy-to-read texta short-story formatplenty of humorand full-color artwork on every pagethese books will boost reading confidence and fluency. Acorn books plant a love of reading and help readers grow! Dragon Hill is in trouble! The magic jewel that protects Dragon Hill has gone missingand best friends Ember the Fire Dragon and Gus the Mushroom Dragon work together to find the jewel. But they are young dragons and Ember doesn’t yet know how to use her fire powers. The two friends follow squirrel paw prints and meet a helpful Tree Dragon. Will they be able to find the magic jewel? Ember and Gus’s adventure is told through five full-color short stories with easy-to-read text throughoutmaking this book a perfect choice for new readers!