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The Sand Dragon
Paperback
Publisher: Independently Published
Published: Jul 13 2026
Pages: 58
Weight: 0.13
Height: 0.15 Width: 5.00 Depth: 8.00
Language: English
Built by hands. Named by voice. Woken by moon. Kept by sea.
On the last evening of summer light, a girl named Lina builds a dragon out of sand - a dragon with carved scales, an extra claw, and one crooked wing she decides not to fix. Then the full moon rises, and she speaks his name out loud.
And the sand breathes.
So begins a friendship unlike any other: moonlit races down a silver beach, suppers of green sea glass, and the secrets of an ancient magic with four simple rules. But the moon is already leaning. Night by night her dragon grows slower, quieter - until the dark of the moon, when the highest tide of all comes up the beach... and Lina learns the fourth thing.
The Sand Dragon is a bedtime story about the friend who waits - through thinning moons, long winters, and even longer years. It's a story for every child who has ever had to say goodbye to a summer, a place, or someone they love - and for every grown-up reading aloud who knows that things can change form without ever being lost.
Because true friends wait. One month, or one year, or sixteen.
And the sand is very, very patient.
A gentle chapter book for ages 6-10, perfect for reading aloud - one chapter a night, eight nights and an epilogue. Best read near an open window, where you can hear the tide.
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