15. To Shape A Dragon's Breath

By Moniquill Blackgoose (528 pp, ebook)

I loved this book. It's a YA set in the 1800s and has some steampunk elements. It's about a young Indigenous woman, Anequs, who is chosen by a dragon in a world where dragon-having is tightly controlled by the dominant culture. Here the natives community prefers to keep to themselves but now she has to go into the colonizer world to fulfill their requirements and there is a big culture clash. Anequs has a hard time adjusting to the societal constraints of the colonizers and she speaks her mind and stands up for herself. Fun book.