Even though shes only 12 years old, Lily McKinley already feels the weight of the worlds brokenness. Shes seen it in her mothers exhaustion, her grandmothers illness, and the cruelty of Adam, the bully at her school. But most tragically, she experienced it two months ago when her father died in a terrible accident. As an artistic daydreamer, Lily has a brilliant imagination to help her cope, but that imagination often gets her into trouble. One day, it transports her to a fantasy world called the Somnium Realm, where her fathers secret history embroils her in an epic quest. With the help of a dragon guide named Cedric, Lily battles evil shrouds, harpies, and other creatures to find her way through grief, rescue the world from evil, and discover the power of redemption.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Even though shes only 12 years old, Lily McKinley already feels the weight of the worlds brokenness. Shes seen it in her mothers exhaustion, her grandmothers illness, and the cruelty of Adam, the bully at her school. But most tragically, she experienced it two months ago when her father died in a terrible accident. As […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":3626,"template":"","book_tag":[27],"age_group":[24],"book_type":[1044],"book_author":[554],"class_list":["post-9002","our-books","type-our-books","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","book_tag-fantasy-books","age_group-books-for-9-year-olds","book_type-paid","book_author-kathryn-butler"],"yoast_title":"The Dream Keeper Saga 01 \u2013 Dragon and the Stone | Age 9+ | Little Reads","yoast_metadesc":"Even though shes only 12 years old, Lily McKinley already feels the weight of the worlds brokenness. Age 9+. 3,000+ hand-picked books on Little Reads. 7-day free trial.","acf":[],"yoast_head":"\n