A young Indigenous woman enters a colonizer-run dragon academyΓÇöand quickly finds herself at odds with the ΓÇ£approvedΓÇ¥ way of doing thingsΓÇöin the first book of this brilliant new fantasy series. The remote island of Masquapaug has not seen a dragon in many generationsΓÇöuntil fifteen-year-old Anequs finds a dragonΓÇÖs egg and bonds with its hatchling. Her people are delighted,for all remember the tales of the days when dragons lived among them and danced away the storms of autumnenabling the people to thrive. To themAnequs is revered as NampeshiweisitΓÇöa person in a unique relationship with a dragon. Unfortunately for Anequsthe Anglish conquerors of her land have different opinions. They have a very specific idea of how a dragon should be raisedand who should be doing the raisingΓÇöand Anequs does not meet any of their requirements. Only with great reluctance do they allow Anequs to enroll in a proper Anglish dragon school on the mainland. If she cannot succeed thereher dragon will be killed. For a girl with no formal schoolinga non-Anglish upbringingand a very different understanding of the history of her landchallenges aboundΓÇöboth socially and academically. But Anequs is smartdeterminedand resolved to learn what she needs to help her dragoneven if it means teaching herself. The one thing she refuses to dohoweveris become the meek Anglish miss that everyone expects. Anequs and her dragon may be coming of agebut theyΓÇÖre also coming to powerand that brings an important realization: the world needs changingΓÇöand they might just be the ones to do it.