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The Dragons Club

by Cyn Bermudez
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Faith Navarro has landed a scholarship to an arts high school for violin. But her struggles at home threaten to take away everything she's ever worked for. Her older sister's drug addiction has caused Faith to miss school one too many times. Her school offers her one more chance to keep her scholarship—enrollment in a teen support group called the Dragons Club. The last thing Faith wants to do is talk to other teens about her sister's addiction and how it affects her, but soon she forms a deep connection to the other members and finds herself, and her music, coming alive again. However, the teens are all in this club for a reason, and tragedies seem inevitable. As her sister's addiction escalates, Faith has to choose between her sister and the life she's built for herself.

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  • Release date

    August 1, 2022

  • Formats

    • OverDrive Read

      • ISBN: 9781978596054

    • EPUB ebook

      • ISBN: 9781978596054
      • File size: 2229 KB

  • Languages

    • English

  • Reviews

    • Kirkus

      Starred review from October 1, 2022
      As her sister's addiction worsens, Faith learns hard lessons about boundaries while finding strength and companionship through talk therapy. When cancer took their father, Faith and Emma Navarro's mother started working a lot more. Faith is a talented violinist attending a special arts school on a scholarship, but while she was practicing, older sister Emma was partying and is now struggling with a meth addiction. Faith tries to take care of Emma, but missing too much school lands her in the Dragons Club Teen-Speak Support Group. Participation is mandatory for her to remain enrolled. Though Emma is worsening, Faith begins to feel less alone and invisible as she develops the detachment and boundaries she needs. The sessions are therapeutic even for readers; calm, wise teacher Mr. Padilla, or Boots to the kids, threads coping mechanisms, comfort, and advice organically into the dialogue. Razor-thin verse spotlights a quick chain of moments, never landing too long in one place or lingering on the pain, though Emma's situation is portrayed realistically and with clarity. Faith's on-page struggles with anxiety are also no less powerful for their brevity. Any reader who loves a person with an addiction will feel seen, and others will gain much in terms of insight and perspective. Faith's family and Boots read Latine. Sharp, tender, carefully crafted; highly recommended for both strong and striving readers. (Verse novel. 12-18)

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