The Last Ember by Lily Berlin Dodd

The Last Ember by Lily Berlin DoddAerimanders are extinct. Or so the government would have you think, having centuries earlier destroyed the last of these deadly, dragon like creatures. So when wealthy twelve year old chemistry student Eva Alexander unwittingly purchases an aerimander egg, she becomes the target of the Thieves Union and its newest member, thirteen year old orphan Dusty St. Ichabod. But Eva is no easy mark, and soon she and Dusty are driven into a maze of sinister

Aerimanders are extinct. 

Or so the government would have you think, having centuries earlier destroyed the last of these deadly, dragon-like creatures.

So when wealthy twelve-year-old chemistry student Eva Alexander unwittingly purchases an aerimander egg, she becomes the target of the Thieves’ Union and its newest member, thirteen-year-old orphan Dusty St. Ichabod.

But Eva is no easy mark, and soon she and Dusty are driven into a maze of sinister threats, betrayals and surprises – all while fighting to keep the egg away from power-hungry hands.

As the unlikely duo races against time, their fates – and that of the whole world – are at stake. Because there’s one question no one dares to ask: What happens when the egg hatches?

Impossible Creatures meets The Mysterious Benedict Society in this epic, fast-paced upper-middle grade fantasy full of majestic creatures, heroic hijinks, battle-forged friendships, and sharp humour.