Quest for the True Dragon: A Graphic Novel (City of Dragons #3)

by Jaimal Yogis, Vivian Truong (Illustrator)

Overview

Perfect for fans of dragon adventure graphic novels like Wings of Fire! Grace and friends return for a new adventure in this third installment of the bestselling City of Dragons series.

Daijiang's continued pursuit of Grace has made it clear that she and Nate are crucial to his plan. But as her Hùnxuè powers grow stronger, Grace can't help but feel it's unfair she might be missing out on a normal school life. Other kids get to relax, watch movies with friends, and go on dates, while Grace is risking her life to save the world. Something has felt off about her connection with Nate lately, and she keeps dreaming of her father and his ominous insistence that she must wake the dragon kings.

When a trip to rendezvous with an old ally goes awry, Grace and her friends find themselves stranded in Tokyo with only one day to wake the Southern Dragon King. But with the race against the clock exacerbating tensions on the team, can Grace get back in sync with Nate and her friends before it's too late?

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781339033006
Publisher:	Scholastic, Inc.
Publication date:	08/05/2025
Pages:	256
Product dimensions:	6.00(w) x 8.90(h) x 0.70(d)
Age Range:	8 - 12 Years

About the Author

JAIMAL YOGIS is the co-creator, with Vivian Truong, of the City of Dragons series. He is the author of Saltwater Buddha, The Fear Project, All Our Waves Are Water, and the Mop Rides series. His writing has also appeared in The Atlantic, ESPN Magazine, and The Washington Post. He lives in Maryland.
VIVIAN TRUONG is a comic artist who has created artwork for Riot Games, miHoYo, Rebellion, and more. She co-created the City of Dragons series with Jaimal Yogis and Cooking with Monsters with Jordan Alsaqa. Her other work includes the Punches and Plants webcomic series for the popular MOBA game League of Legends, and she works as a storyboard artist for game studios, a digital production studio, and a children’s book publisher. She currently lives in London.

Editorial Reviews

Praise for the City of Dragons series:

"A colorful, modern adventure -- with dragons as a bonus." -- Kirkus Reviews

"A good fit for kids entranced by Rick Riordan's brand of fantasy adventures." -- Booklist

From the Publisher

2025-05-16
A girl and a dragon are on the run from dark forces in this third series entry.

Grace, her three friends, and the young dragon, Nate, have obtained a dragon stone, one of four that can be used to wake the dragon kings. Lord Daijiang has collected the other three, and along with dangerous human accomplices and powerful dragons of smoke and shadow, he continues to twist magic and science to his own ends. Daijiang needs the stone—and Nate, whose blood will confer immortality. But Grace doesn’t plan to run; she wants to fight, and she searches for the sleeping dragon kings and a solution to their predicament. Daijiang is on the move, too, pursuing Grace and her friends out of Hong Kong and all the way to Japan. While the kids have just enough contact with adults to make the action believable, Grace and her friends remain independent and get into and out of all sorts of misadventures on their own. Through dealing with dark magic, dragons, and a first crush, the friends learn to handle challenging situations while relying on each other. As in earlier installments, the graphic novel features colorful, dynamic panels and a focus on friendship, even as Grace faces more mature problems and dangerous scenarios. Grace is Chinese and white, and her friends are a variety of ethnicities.

Magical and technological thrills with a wholesome heart.(Graphic fantasy. 9-13)

Kirkus Reviews