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Автор Kate Klimo

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The Dragon in the Sock Drawer

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CHAPTER ONE: THUNDER EGG

CHAPTER TWO: THE MILLION-DOLLAR CAR

CHAPTER THREE: THE BIG BANG

CHAPTER FOUR: THE CARE AND FEEDING OF A DRAGON

CHAPTER FIVE: THE SORCERER'S SPHERE

CHAPTER SIX: LOST AND FOUND

CHAPTER SEVEN: FINDERS, CHEATERS

CHAPTER EIGHT: THE DRAGON SLAYER'S DEN

CHAPTER NINE: HIDE-AND-SEEK

CHAPTER TEN: DRAGON IN A HAYSTACK

CHAPTER ELEVEN: OUTDOOR DOG

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The Dragon in the Sock Drawer

Kate Klimo

For Sandy and Jake's grandkids and great-grandkids.

And for Jesse and Daisy Robinson.

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The Dragon in the Sock Drawer

The Dragon Keepers [1]

Kate Klimo

Random House Books for Young Readers (2008)

Rating:

★★★★★

Tags:

Action Adventure, Juvenile Fiction, Children's Books, Fantasy Magic, Dragons, Ages 9-12

CHAPTER ONE: THUNDER EGG

On the first day of summer, Jesse, his cousin Daisy, and his uncle Joe went to High Peak. Uncle Joe had come to look for rocks. Jesse and Daisy had mostly come for the ride. Upon reaching the windy summit of High Peak, Jesse took one look at the view and bent over to pick up a rock. It made him feel dizzy to look down from the mountain, which was doing a pretty good job of living up to its name.

Besides, maybe the rock would actually weigh him down enough to keep him from blowing away.

From Goldmine City (a big name for a small town), High Peak was sometimes visible. It rose in the distance like a delicious dessert topped with whipped cream. The whipped cream was snow, which was always there, even on the hottest day of the year.

Jesse was on the mountain for the first time. Up close, the snow didn't look so good. It looked sort of crusty and dirty, and it was much colder on the mountaintop than it was down in Goldmine City. Jesse's sweatshirt was not doing much to keep him warm.

Jesse had been living in Goldmine City with Daisy, Uncle Joe, and Aunt Maggie since Easter vacation in March. His parents were in Africa, setting up a children's clinic in a village in Tanzania. Jesse had traveled with his parents his whole life, but on his tenth birthday he decided that he wanted to live in America. He wanted to eat American food, go to an American school, and have adventures with Daisy, his favorite cousin, who he had been visiting for three weeks every summer of every year of his life.