Ping, the girl who saved the last Chinese dragon in The Dragon Keeper, now protects his son, the appealing baby dragon Kai. Trying to escape her old enemy, an evil necromancer who wants to kill Kai for his magical body parts, Ping and her trusty sidekick, the rat Hua, lie low in an Imperial Lodge, where she hopes her old friend, the boy emperor, will protect her. But the necromancer’s power extends farther than she thought, and she needs all her courage and second sight to keep Kai alive. The author’s research into Chinese culture during the Han dynasty informs this fantasy adventure. 2006 West Australian Young Book Readers Awards. mac

Originally published by Black Dog Books, Aus tralia, in 2005.