The Great Texas Dragon Race

Wings of Fire meets The Hunger Games in this debut contemporary middle grade fantasy stand-alone about thirteen-year-old Cassidy Drake, who enters the dangerous Great Texas Dragon Race to save her family’s dragon sanctuary.
Thirteen-year-old Cassidy Drake wants nothing more than to race with her best dragon, Ranga, in the annual Great Texas Dragon Race. Her mother was a racing legacy, and growing up on her family's dragon sanctuary ranch, Cassidy lives and breathes dragons. She knows she could win against the exploitative FireCorp team that cares more about corporate greed than caring for the dragons. 
Cassidy is so determined to race that she sneaks out of her house against her father's wishes and enters the competition. Soon Cassidy takes to the skies with Ranga across her glorious Lone Star State.
But with five grueling tasks ahead of her, dangerous dragon challenges waiting at each one, and more enemies than allies on the course, Cassidy will need to know more than just dragons to survive. 

About the author

Kacy Ritter is a fantasy geek who has lived all across the Lone Star State. She holds degrees from the University of Texas at Austin and the University of North Texas and currently resides in Houston with her partner and their daughter. She daylights as a healthcare professional and loves writing at the intersection of fantasy and Texas Americana.

Product details

• Authors: Kacy Ritter
• Publisher: Harper Collins (US)
• Languages: English
• Age Recommendation: ages 8 to 12
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Release: 12.05.2026
• EAN: 9780063247918
• ISBN: 978-0-06-324791-8
• No. of pages: 288
• Weight: 454 g
• Subjects: Children's and young people's books; Children’s / Teenage fiction: Fantasy, Children’s / Teenage fiction: Action and adventure stories, Children’s / Teenage fiction: Nature and animal stories, Children’s / Teenage general interest: Boys and men, Children’s / Teenage general interest: Pets and pet care, Children’s / Teenage general interest: Dogs and wolves, Children’s / Teenage general interest: Pirates, JUVENILE FICTION: Action & Adventure / General, JUVENILE FICTION: Animals / Dogs, JUVENILE FICTION: Boys & Men, JUVENILE FICTION: Girls & Women, JUVENILE FICTION: Animals / Pets, JUVENILE FICTION: Animals / Jungle Animals, JUVENILE FICTION: Interactive Adventures, JUVENILE FICTION: Action & Adventure / Pirates, JUVENILE FICTION: Fantasy / General