By Karen Mccombie (author) , Anneli Bray (illustrator)
"Things are broken and fixed in this heart-warming story from a favourite author"
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Karen McCombie is a favourite with readers for her warm, real-world stories, peopled by characters who become their friends.
Tyra is a typical McCombie protagonist, and we feel we know her from the very first page. She’s in a charity shop with her nan, excited about the treasures they are discovering there and dressed in her signature bright colours and mismatched clothes.
Tyra has just moved in with Nan and is about to start a new school. Though she doesn’t admit it outright, she’s apprehensive about this and, again, without it needing to be said, readers will understand that those like Tyra can find it hard to fit in and may sometime end up without friends.
That doesn’t happen here, thanks to Tyra’s kind, wise teacher, an accident and a repair, using the Japanese art of kintsugi. This lovely story packs excitement, insight, drama and resolution into its short extent and will delight readers.
Tyra gets off to a tough start at her new school. She's loud and different and nobody seems to be particularly friendly. So when her nan gives her a beautiful china snow dragon, Tyra's decides to take it to school, hoping that people will think it's interesting and talk to her.
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But disaster strikes and the beautiful dragon is smashed. Can Tyra find a way to repair her treasure while also making some new friends along the way?
A heartwarming and relatable story about fitting in and starting out at a new school, inspired by kintsugi — the ancient Japanese art of restoring broken ceramic pottery with gold. Featuring gorgeous black-and-white illustrations from top illustrator Anneli Bray
Karen McCombie is the bestselling author of over 90 books for children and teenagers including the Carnegie Medal-nominated Little Bird Flies , How to be a Human , and series St Grizzle's School for Girls and Indie Kidd . Karen is also the author of the bestselling and much-loved series Ally's World .
Originally from Scotland, she now lives in London with her family who all give her inspiration for her books, whether they like it or not.
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Tyra gets off to a tough start at her new school. She's loud and different and nobody seems to be particularly friendly.
The LoveReading4Kids Editorial Team have read and reviewed The Broken Dragon and determined it is suitable for children aged 7-8 years old
The Broken Dragon features in the following genres: Funny, Children's and Young Adult Fiction, Children’s, Teenage and Educational, PSHE: Self-Awareness, Self-Esteem and Wellbeing, Personal Social Health Economic (PSHE), School Stories, Featured Books for 7+ readers, Recommendations
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The Broken Dragon was written by Karen Mccombie and published by Barrington Stoke Ltd
The Broken Dragon has 57 pages
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