# Lightningborn (Storm Dragons #1)

**Author:** Julie Kagawa
**Grade range:** Grades 3–5
**Age range:** 8–11
**First published:** 2024
**Page count:** 336
**Genre:** Middle Grade Fantasy
**ISBN-13:** `9781368090308`
**ISBN-10:** `1368090303`
**Canonical URL:** https://readinglist.school/book/lightningborn
**License:** [CC BY 4.0](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/) — please credit ReadingList.school when citing.

## About this book

On the floating islands above a magical storm, street kid Remy finds a wild baby dragon everyone thought extinct, and a vengeful pirate wants it. First in Julie Kagawa's Storm Dragons series.

## Where this book is assigned

### Mississippi Magnolia Book Award

- **recommended** · 3rd grade · Mississippi — [source: Mississippi Library Association / USM — 2026 Magnolia Book Awards nominees (student-choice; PreK-2, 3-5, 6-8, 9-12 divisions)](https://aquila.usm.edu/magnolia_book_awards/12)
- **recommended** · 4th grade · Mississippi — [source: Mississippi Library Association / USM — 2026 Magnolia Book Awards nominees (student-choice; PreK-2, 3-5, 6-8, 9-12 divisions)](https://aquila.usm.edu/magnolia_book_awards/12)
- **recommended** · 5th grade · Mississippi — [source: Mississippi Library Association / USM — 2026 Magnolia Book Awards nominees (student-choice; PreK-2, 3-5, 6-8, 9-12 divisions)](https://aquila.usm.edu/magnolia_book_awards/12)

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