To Shape a Dragon's Breath: The First Book of Nampeshiweisit

"An Indigenous girl bonds with a dragon and is forced to attend a school where the colonizing Anglish train their youth to control dragons. She rapidly learns that conforming to Anglish values threatens everything she cares about. These days, I find that it’s hard to enjoy a fantasy boarding school setting that doesn’t consider the inherent imperialist undertones of such institutions. This book cuts right to the chase and offers a scathing rejection of the idea that there is one right way for a person to be educated. I tore through it, caught up in an enthusiasm for dragons that I hadn’t experienced since I was a teenager obsessed with Ursula Le Guin’s Earthsea and Anne McCaffrey’s Pern."