First published 2023
Dax Masters spends his afternoons playing video games and hanging out with friends, but the twelve-year-old science enthusiast has bigger plans brewing. He wants to win his sixth-grade science fair and earn an invitation to the Innovative Science Convention, where young scientific minds from around the world compete. Dax's project goes far beyond the typical classroom experiment. He has gathered evidence that proves established scientists have overlooked a significant change happening to Earth itself. Now Dax faces two major obstacles: convincing his skeptical father that his project has merit, and preparing to challenge some of the world's most respected researchers. The young scientist must find a way to make adults listen to discoveries that could change how everyone understands the planet. Dax's journey tests whether a determined kid with solid evidence can make the scientific establishment reconsider what they think they know.
Genres: family, science-fiction, coming-of-age, young-adult
Vibes: emotional, suspenseful, thought-provoking
Tropes: determined-protagonist, found-family, underdog
246 pages · Paperback · Young Dragons