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Monsters of Fife: Sea Dragons

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By Jane Yolen and Ceilia Lowenthal

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Now in paperback! Meet Cat Douglas—monster hunter. A historical fantasy adventure set in Scotland and the first in a series by award-winning author Jane Yolen. With engaging graphic novel inserts, 8-11-year-olds will travel to historical 1880s Scotland, a land in desperate need of monster hunters in... Read More

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Now in paperback! Meet Cat Douglas—monster hunter. A historical fantasy adventure set in Scotland and the first in a series by award-winning author Jane Yolen.

With engaging graphic novel inserts, 8-11-year-olds will travel to historical 1880s Scotland, a land in desperate need of monster hunters in this new adventure.

Cat Douglas is a monster hunter, and in the 1880s, the Scottish countryside is filled with monsters. In Ansthruther, one of the oldest villages of Fife, you can see small sea dragons swimming by that look like small Viking ships, but never anything bigger... until now.

When Maggie McGonagal races up to the schoolhouse screaming she's seen a dragon, everyone is sure it is a trick of her imagination. But what if it's real? What if a sea dragon has gotten beyond the wall that protects the village? The local chapter of a Scottish monster-hunting society called the Royal and Ancient must prepare for battle, including Cat, who is new to the society and will be the bait for the sea dragon!

Join Cat and her friends as they adventure through a fantastical and historical Scotland in this first instalment of the Sea Monsters series. Graphic novel panels are interspersed throughout the novel, making it an engaging read. The three books in the series have collectible posters meant to be pieced together to create one big poster.

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INFORMATION

ISBN: 9781623547752

Publisher: Charlesbridge Publishing,U.S.

Format: Paperback / softback

Date Published: 14 July 2026

Country: United States

Imprint: Imagine Publishing, Inc

Audience: Children

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Width: 140.0mm

Height: 210.0mm

Weight: 0g

Pages: 160

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About the Author

Jane Yolen is the award-winning author of nearly four hundred children's books, including Plymouth Rocks; Last Laughs; A Kite for Moon; and Bad Girls. She has been called the Hans Christian Andersen of the Americas. Jane lives in Western Massachusetts and Scotland. Celia Lowenthal is a New York-based fantasy illustrator and comics writer/artist. She graduated summa cum laude from Maryland Institute College of Art in 2016 with a BFA in illustration and a minor in literary studies. She was the 2015 recipient of the Will Eisner Scholarship Award from the Society of Illustrators. www.celialowenthal.com

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