02504cam a2200385 i 4500 1469300480 TxAuBib 20240820120000.0 220720s2022||||||||||||||||||||||||eng|u 2021031397 9780316300353 HRD 16.99 0316300357 HRD 16.99 (OCoLC)1336876361 TxAuBib rda Abe, Julie, author. Alliana, girl of dragons [BOOK] / Julie Abe ; illustrated by Shan Jiang. First edition. New York : Little, Brown and Company, 2022. xi, 318 pages : illustrations ; 21 cm. txt rdacontent n rdamedia nc rdacarrier Eva Evergreen "Once upon a time, Alliana believed in dreams and fairy tales as sweet as spun-sugar clouds. Alliana wished on shooting stars, sure that someday she and her grandmother would be able to travel to the capital city to see the queen. Then her grandmother passed away—and those dreams disappeared in a disenchanted puff. Now Alliana’s forced to attend to the whims of her wicked stepmother—with long days of cleaning her stepfamily’s inn as her skin burns raw or staying up until the crack of dawn to embroider her stepsister’s ball gowns. Until she meets two beings who change her life forever—the first is a young nightdragon who Alliana discovers she can magically talk to. And the second is Nela, a young witch. Nela needs Alliana’s help navigating the mysterious abyss, filled with dangerous beasts, a place Alliana knows by heart. Alliana sees Nela’s request as a chance to break free of her stepmother’s shadow and to seize a chance at a life she’s barely dared to hope for—but there’s a risk. If caught, Alliana will be stuck working for her stepmother for the rest of her life. Can Alliana truly make wisps of dreams into her own, better-than-a-fairy-tale happily ever after?". Ages 8-12. Little, Brown and Company. 20240820. Orphans Juvenile fiction. Stepfamilies Juvenile fiction. Dragons Juvenile fiction. Witches Juvenile fiction. Magic Juvenile fiction. Fantasy fiction for children. Jiang, Shan, (Commercial artist), illustrator. Eva Evergreen.