In a world where nations are divided by their people's magical bonds between four different creatures-dragons, gryphons, unicorns, and dolphins-fifteen-year-old Aster is destined to be...a carpenter. She's graduated from school, and is supposed to start a carpentry apprenticeship so she and her father can work happily side by side.
But Aster doesn't want to be a carpenter. She wants to find her own path. While making friends with a lovely, yellow dragon named Jasmine, Aster learns she has strong dragon magic of her own and that her father has been keeping family secrets and abilities from her, which she must uncover. He claims they have no other family, but the signs are telling her this cannot possibly be true.
And the signs also foretell of an evil peril looming over the world...
Follow this young dragon rider on an adventure of a lifetime, as she searches for her life's purpose and tries to stop her world from plunging down a path to destruction at the hands of a dark magician. It is a story exploring the challenges of relationships, self-discovery, and betrayal that will inspire young readers to overcome similar struggles in their own lives.
About the Author: Daphne Ashling Purpus is a volunteer tutor at home and at Student Link, an alternative high school. She also makes and donates lap quilts, which she calls "portable hugs," for those who are in need.
Purpus currently lives with her three cats and three dogs on Vashon, an island just west of Seattle, Washington, where she enjoys her retirement working on jigsaw puzzles and reading. The Dragon Who Chooses Twice is her fifth publication and fourth novel. Other publications include A Year of Haiku, Dragon Riders, The Egg That Wouldn't Hatch, and Dragon Magic.
