Dragon Pearl
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 Hardcover art | |
| Author | Yoon Ha Lee |
|---|---|
| Cover artist | Vivienne To |
| Language | English |
| Series | Thousand Worlds #1 |
| Subject | investigation • epic journey • magic powers • space flight • interstellar travel • Korean mythos • sibling relationship • impersonation |
| Genre | Science fiction, mythology |
| Publisher | Rick Riordan Presents |
Publication date | January 15, 2019 |
| Publication place | United States |
| Media type |
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| Pages | 312 |
| ISBN | 9781368013352 |
| OCLC | 1059522670 |
| Followed by | Tiger Honor |
Dragon Pearl is a middle grade novel written by Yoon Ha Lee and published on January 15, 2019, by Disney Hyperion under their "Rick Riordan Presents" publishing imprint.[1] The book is a mix of Korean mythology and science fiction as the main character travels the galaxy.[2][3] A short story by Lee about the characters in the book was featured in the anthology book The Cursed Carnival and Other Calamities.[4]
Like its fellow "Rick Riordan Presents" books, the novel was praised for its diverse representation and plot and characterization. A sequel, Tiger Honor, was published in January 2022.
The main character Min, a teenage fox spirit (gumiho), runs away from her home, which is crowded with family members all staying in the same house, in order to figure out what happened to her lost brother, Jun, who was a cadet in the Space Forces before his disappearance. After she leaves her home planet, Jinju, on a freighter ship, she begins uncovering more secrets. She finds the ship her brother was stationed on, leading her to pose as a recently deceased cadet on that ship so that she is enabled in her continued investigation. She communicates with the same dead cadet, Bae Jang, whom she promises to avenge, in order to maintain her secret. When Min befriends two cadets on the ship, a dragon and a goblin,[5] she learns that they are quickly approaching the Ghost Sector, in which the lost Dragon Pearl is said to have been laid to rest.[6]
Release
It was released in hardcover, audiobook, and e-book format on January 15, 2019. Rick Riordan Presents made a paperback edition available in English on January 7, 2020. The book has been translated and printed in other languages, including Polish, Indonesian, Ukrainian, and Italian.
| Date Published | Publisher | Format | Edition | Language | Pages | ISBN |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 15, 2019 | Rick Riordan | Hardcover | 1st ed | English | 312 | ISBN 978-1368013352 |
| Thorndike Press | Hardcover | Large print | English | 515 | ISBN 978-1432860981 | |
| Rick Riordan | ebook | English | 312 | ISBN 978-1368015196 | ||
| Disney Hyperion | Kindle | English | 320 | ASIN B07D9WRHNH | ||
| Random House | Audiobook | English | N/A | ISBN 978-1987156973 | ||
| Jan 7, 2020 | Rick Riordan | Paperback | English | 320 | ISBN 978-1368014748 | |
Translations
| Date Published | Publisher | Format | Edition | Language | Pages | ISBN |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 13, 2019 | Galeria Książki | Paperback | Polish | 352 | ISBN 978-8366173019 | |
| 2020 | Noura Books | Paperback | Indonesian | 412 | ISBN 978-6023857708 | |
| May 13, 2020 | Giunti Editore | Hardcover | Italian | 336 | ISBN 978-8809879133 | |
| 2021 | Жорж | Hardcover | Ukrainian | 372 | ISBN 978-6177853205 | |
