Hello everyone! We are so excited to announce the tour schedule for The Dragon’s Apprentice by James Riley.
March 31st
The Violet West – Review, Creative post
April 1st
Twirling Book Princess – Promotional Post
April 2nd
Boys’ Mom Reads! – Review
April 3rd
The Clever Reader – Promotional Post
April 4th
Confessions of a YA Reader – Promotional Post
April 5th
dinipandareads – Review
Lin’s Perspective – Review
April 6th
the nutty bookworm reads alot – Review
March 31st
therearenobadbooks – Review, Creative post
gryffindorbookishnerd – Review
April 1st
sam_readerofbooks – Promotional Post
onemused – Promotional Post
get.outside.and.read – Promotional Post
April 2nd
by_hckilgour – Review
thepageladies – Review
noelles.magical.library – Promotional Post
April 3rd
pagesforpaige – Review
booksandbreath – Review, Playlist, Favorite Quotes
April 4th
dhirviepages – Promotional Post
rickys_radical_reads – Promotional Post
ablueboxfullofbooks – Creative post
April 5th
nissa_the.bookworm – Review
meghenslittlelibrary – Promotional Post
aportaltomagic – Promotional Post
April 6th
library_teacher – Promotional Post
da.booktrovert – Promotional Post
Genre: Middle Grade, Fantasy
Publishing date: April 1, 2025
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Synopsis:
In this hilarious fantasy adventure from the New York Times bestselling author of the Story Thieves series, a girl strikes a deal with the ancient, cranky dragon she accidentally summoned to teach her the forbidden magic she needs to save her mother.
STOP. Don’t read any further. There are magic spells in this book, and the Emperor has forbidden anyone from learning magic, because it’s way too dangerous! If you try one of the spells, any number of terrible things might happen (or so the Emperor says).
Don’t be like Ciara, a twelve-year-old girl living in the tiny village of Skael. When she used a spell from within this book, she ended up summoning a dragon. A DRAGON! Those things breathe fire! From their mouths! She’s obviously doomed.
And don’t listen if Ciara tells you that dragons won’t hurt humans, and that they even once taught us magic, a thousand years ago. Definitely don’t pay any attention to the fact that the dragon she summoned, Scorch, might be willing to help rescue Ciara’s mother and free her village from the Emperor and his Warden, because it’s all obviously a big lie. So put this book down, and forget about it. Magic is just way too dangerous. After all, you wouldn’t want to summon your own dragon, would you?
James Riley is the New York Times bestselling author of the HALF UPON A TIME series, the STORY THIEVES series, the REVENGE OF MAGIC series, and the new ONCE UPON ANOTHER TIME series. Contrary to what previous biographies have stated, he is a) real and b) not the character Nobody from his STORY THIEVES books. Where would people even get that idea? (Spoiler: From him. He totally made it sound like he really was Nobody. He thought it’d be funny. We’re sorry.)
He was born in Connecticut, where he lived for only a short time before moving to … well, quite a few states. He currently lives in Northern Virginia, outside of Washington, D.C., because that’s where his cats are. He has three of them. Other people think that’s a bit much.
James is currently working on the final book of the ONCE UPON ANOTHER TIME series, so he might be a little busy. But feel free to e-mail him with questions at jamesrileythatwriterguy@gmail.com, or ask him anything on his blog.
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