Kitty lives with her twin Harris and their Dad in a cottage at Hendon Airfield, their mother died when they were babies and her Dad has always looked after them. Her Dad is a engineer for Claude who who wants to run a small flying school at the airfield he has started, he already starting to teach in his biplane. It is still the beginning of flight, just 7 years after the Wright brothers first flight but things moved quickly.
Kitty wants to learn but her Dad says she is too young, that she should spend more time reading like Harris, who is more interested in Dragon books!
The children are throwing rocks in a pool, Kitty is super annoyed about Claude and Dad saying children should be concentrating on books. Then there is something in the pond, a glowing pearl the size of a football. They pick it out of the water, they guess it's an egg but aren't sure from what but decide to keep it a secret from Dad. Harris checks his book....can it really be...A DRAGON! The adventure with the baby dragon continues and intertwines so well with the story of a biplane race.

Like all of Peter Bunzl's books that I've read, this is a beautiful story. The fact that it's for publication by Barrington stoke makes me love it more! I love getting these for school for all children.

Well this is just a delight! Dragons, brave kids, loads of interesting stuff about flights and flying and a lot of tenacity! Who wouldn’t wanna find a dragon and fly it? I loved this! Can’t wait to get a copy for school!

The perfect adventure story for children who love flying and dragons. The plot follows a set of twins who find a dragon egg and raise it. The story has elements of flight history and would be a great provocation for an inquiry about flight. It is an easy to read story for younger children. It would make a lovely book club read for 7-9 year olds.
Thank you to the author, publisher and Netgalley for this arc in exchange for an honest review.

Dragonracers is a small chapter book published by Barrington Stoke. Barrington Stoke primarily caters for those with dyslexia and their books are shorter, printed on cream paper and often feature illustrations on their pages.
Dragonracers is set in the era where flight is only just beginning to develop. Kitty is obsessed with learning to fly whereas her brother is obsessed with dragons. One day, the siblings find a dragon egg and hatch it. Kitty then has an idea that she will ride on the dragon to compete in a long distance air race - where there are only two men competing against each other.
The book is fast paced and is well researched as the two competitors were actual real people it is a tale of love, friendship and family with a lot of adventure thrown in.
Perfect for those aged 7+